SHALOM MOCSCOVITZ Joseph’s Dreams Lithograph, inscriptions to lower center illegible, subject an illustration showing a woman talking to a group of men led by one man, perhaps Joseph, measures 15 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches, window measures 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches, black toned wood frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed and double matted in maroon, not examined out of frame. Shalom Moskovitz (1896-1980) known as Shalom of Safed began to paint relatively late, at the age of 55. For more than half a century he worked at various crafts, mainly watch-making, but also as a stonemason and silversmith, and led a quite and religious life. He came across painting accidentally and started to paint subjects closest to his heart, the events of Jewish history, as narrated in the Old Testament and elaborated in the Talmud and other books. Shalom considered himself a “historical writer? rather than an artist, retelling the stories from Genesis and Exodus. He inserted scriptural verses and other legends to ensure clarity. His works often “read? like Hebrew