Eduard Hermans, Seder Plate Table 5750, Porcelain, 1989
Object Name:
Seder Plate
Artist/Maker:
Eduard Hermans
Bio:
Dutch, b. 1959
Title:
Table 5750
Place Made:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1989
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
9 7/8 × 18 7/16 × 18 7/16 in. (25.1 × 46.8 × 46.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Tobe Pascher Workshop Commissioning Program
Accession Number:
1998-116

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For this project, Eduard Hermans designed a multilevel table. The textured surface of the porcelain suggests the three matzot used during the Passover Seder. While the pyramidal forms function as supports for the tiers and serve as containers for symbolic foods, they also recall a desert landscape.

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