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    		• Asher, Itzik,
     
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    		• History -- Israel
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Hebrew
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Figure group -- Nude
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Whippany
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Journey to the New, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Asher, Itzik, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Journey to the New, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1995. Dedicated Oct. 22, 1995.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 14 ft. x 154 in. x 117 in.; Base: approx. 38 x 154 x 117 in.
    Inscription: 
    Asher.I.95 1/3 (Founder's mark) (Front of base, incised:) JOURNEY TO THE NEW/BY ITZIK ASHER/OCTOBER 22, 1995 28 TISHREI 5756/IN COMMEMORATION OF OPERATION EXODUS, THE RESCUE AND RESETTLEMENT/OF THE JEWS OF ETHIOPIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, AND THE 14,730/METROWEST DONORS WHO GAVE $20,000,000 TO HELP MAKE IT POSSIBLE/WITH APPRECIATION FOR THE GENEROSITY IN UNDERWRITING THE COST/OF THE MONUMENT THE UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF METROWEST THANKS (list of donors) (Back and sides of base have lists of names) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Nude, abstract family walking forwards. A woman with wind-swept hair is in the center; she holds a baby to her breast. To her proper left is a man, whose proper right hand holds the woman's proper left elbow. To the woman's proper right is an older girl, holding an open scroll in her proper right hand and the woman's proper right arm with her own proper left hand. All are set atop a base with inscriptions.
    Subject: 
    History -- Israel
    Ethnic -- Hebrew
    Figure group -- Family
    Figure group -- Nude
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Whippany
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    MetroWest Federation, 901 Route 10, Whippany, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the United Jewish Appeal of MetroWest for its Alex Aidekman Family Community Campus. Commemorates Operation Exodus, which resettled Jews of Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in Israel; 14,730 Metrowest donors contributed $20,000,000 to the project. IAS files contain a related article from The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), Oct. 26, 1995.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), Oct. 26, 1995.
    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 NJ000135
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