- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Artist/Maker:
- Moshe Zabari
- Bio:
- Israeli, b. 1935
- Place Made:
- Jerusalem (Israel)
- Date:
- 1958
- Medium:
- Silver, enamel, and leather
- Dimensions:
- 7 1/4 × 5 9/16 × 3/8 in. (18.4 × 14.1 × 1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sassi and Fred Lonner
- Accession Number:
- 1986-68b
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This Torah set was Zabari's senior project at the Bezalel Art School where he studied under Ludwig Wolpert. Its simplicity of design and elegant proportions, characteristic of the Bauhaus legacy, earned it the Sooneborn First Prize in the graduating class competition.
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