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Pillar of Clouds, Pillar of Fire, (sculpture). Artist:  Frazier, Bernard, 1906-1976, sculptor. Goodman, Percival, architect. Title:  Pillar of Clouds, Pillar of Fire, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Ten Commandments, (sculpture). Dates:  1954. Dedicated 1955. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 40 x 25 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (The text of the Ten Commandments is interwoven into the cloud and fire designs in raised lettering) unsigned Description:  Bas-relief panels flanking a stained glass window protrude from the facade of the Temple. The text of the Ten Commandments is interwoven into the designs of clouds and fire. The sculpture represents the pillars of clouds which guided the Jews through the desert by day, and of fire which guided them by night. Subject:  Religion -- Old Testament -- Ten Commandments Religion -- Judaism Allegory -- Element -- Fire Landscape -- Weather -- Cloud Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Temple Israel, 2004 East 22nd Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 Remarks:  IAS files contain excerpts from a booklet entitled "Contemporary Synagogue Art," by Avram Kampf and documentation entitled "Temple Israel." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS OK000181   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000181 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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