Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Klass, David,     History -- Europe     Religion -- Judaism     Emblem -- Menorah     Ethnic -- Hebrew     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester     Sculpture

Menorah of Remembrance, (sculpture). Artist:  Klass, David, 1941- , sculptor. Title:  Menorah of Remembrance, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze or copper; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 120 x 108 x 60 in.; Base: approx. 22.5 x 87 x 79.5 in. Inscription:  David Klass (On plaque on base:) In Sacred Memory of our Six Million Martyred Brethren (Hebrew text follows) signed Description:  A Menorah stands on a square base, with one broken off branch lying on the base to represent the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. There is barbed wire wrapped around the stem of the Menorah. A later addition, a Wall of Remembrance with names of perished relatives of Rochester residents, is at the left. Subject:  History -- Europe -- Holocaust Religion -- Judaism Emblem -- Menorah Ethnic -- Hebrew Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester Sculpture Owner:  Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14618 Remarks:  Commissioned by the Rochester Holocaust Commission under the auspices of the Rochester Jewish Community Federation. IAS files contain related articles from the Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), June 2, 1981 and the Jewish Times (Miami, Florida), Dec. 8, 1982. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. 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 NY001687   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001687 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.0

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact