Harriete Estel Berman, Alms Container Tzedakah, Preprinted steel and aluminum rivets, 1999
Object Name:
Alms Container
Bio:
American, b. 1952
Title:
Tzedakah
Place Made:
San Mateo, California, United States
Date:
1999
Medium:
Preprinted steel and aluminum rivets
Dimensions:
Each: 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 1/2 in. (9.4 × 16.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase: Dr. Joel and Phyllis Gitlin Judaica Acquisitions Fund
Accession Number:
2001-8a-yy

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While traditionally tzedakah (charity) was collected in containers, in today's world donations are more typically mailed. While alluding to this contemporary practice, Harriete Estel Berman's steel envelopes also recall dropping coins into metal tzedakah boxes. The artist exploits the power of the Minimalist grid but through her recycled materials-classic blue-and-white Jewish National Fund boxes, antique dollhouses, and other tin containers-infuses it with a wide range of folk and pop cultural references.

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