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Truth, Justice, Peace, (sculpture). Artist:  Kaz, Nathaniel, 1917-2010, sculptor. Katz, Raymond, designer. Title:  Truth, Justice, Peace, (sculpture). Dates:  1955. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Alabama marble. Dimensions:  H. 9 ft. Inscription:  (Written in Hebrew, at the top of the sculpture:) Kodosh Description:  A relief attached to a curved exterior wall of a synagogue. The highly stylized relief depicts three bearded rabbis in a militant pose representing Truth, Justice, and Peace. The figure on the right, representing Justice, holds balance scales as if it were the shaft of a sword. Subject:  Religion -- Judaism Allegory -- Quality -- Truth Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Abstract Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Nashville Sculpture Owner:  Temple Ohabai Sholom, 5015 Harding Road, Nashville, Tennessee Remarks:  Nathaniel Kaz sculpted the piece based on a design by A. Raymond Katz, who used the text from Pirke Avot (ch. 1) which is recorded on a nearby marker: "On three things the world is founded, on Truth, Justice and Peace." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992. Kampf, Avram, "Contemporary Synagogue Art: Developments in the United States, 1945-1965," New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1966, pg. 102-103. Illustration:  Image on file. Kampf, Avram, "Contemporary Synagogue Art: Developments in the United States, 1945-1965," New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1966, pg. 102. 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 TN000312   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TN000312 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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