I Set Before You This Day, (sculpture).

I Set Before You This Day, (sculpture).

Anthonisen, George R., 1936- , sculptor.

Tallix, founder.

I Set Before You This Day, (sculpture).

1979-1987. Cast 1987.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.

37 x 48 x 29 in.

(Behind open-handed man facing man with clenched fists:) ANTHONISEN/(copyright symbol) '87 1/9 signed

An allegorical sculpture depicting the interaction of Jews and non-Jews. A Gentile offers help to a Jewish refugee and his daughter; a woman, kneeling before the daughter, also offers aid. A rigid authoritarian figure stands oblivious to a cadaver entwined around his leg, while a mother protects her son, who is attempting to help. Two adult lovers cling to one another.

History -- Europe -- Holocaust

Religion -- Old Testament -- Deuteronomy

Allegory -- Life -- Humanity

Allegory -- Religion -- Good & Evil

Ethnic -- Hebrew

Allegory -- Other -- Survival

Allegory -- Other -- Liberation

State of Being -- Death

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Doylestown

On loan to James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901

Lent by Hankin, Mark & Helene,

Formerly located Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 1987.

Cast at Tallix Foundry through the patronage of Richard Strain of Poughkeepsie. IAS files contain a summary of the work's iconography and the sculptor's objectives. The work was commissioned by Alfred Ronald, a holocaust survivor. The plaster model took nearly six years to complete. The bronze was unveiled at Our Lady of Czestochowa in observance of the 49th anniversary of Kristallnacht. It was subsequently purchased by Hankin and is on long term loan to the museum. The title of the sculpture is taken from Deuteronomy 30:15-20 and the work is a tribute to the men and women who risked their lives to rescue and protect the Jews during the Holocaust.

James A. Michener Art Museum, 1993, 2009.

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