Zelig Segal, Shiviti, Silver: pierced, ink on parchment; acrylic, 1997-2004
Object Name:
Shiviti
Artist/Maker:
Zelig Segal
Bio:
Israeli, 1933-2015
Place Made:
Jerusalem (Israel)
Date:
1997-2004
Medium:
Silver: pierced, ink on parchment; acrylic
Dimensions:
11 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (29.2 × 24.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase: Gift of SO Charitable Trust in honor of Seymour and Paul Milstein
Accession Number:
2004-19

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Zelig Segal is among the most creative and thoughtful makers of Judaica working today. His shiviti plaque, a type of ceremonial object designed to be hung in the synagogue as a reminder of holiness, evokes the European papercut shivitis of past centuries, but in an entirely different medium and presentation.

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