- Object Name:
- Torah Shield
- Artist/Maker:
- Irving Potter
- Bio:
- American, 1912-1996
- Place Made:
- United States
- Date:
- 1961
- Medium:
- Wood: intarsia; silver
- Dimensions:
- 11 1/2 × 5 13/16 in. (29.2 × 14.8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- Accession Number:
- 1990-20
Not On View
Irving Potter, a wood craftman who has shown at the American Crafts Museum, created these Judaica pieces for a juried exhbition at the Jewish Museum in 1961. Among the judges was Percival Goodman and Frances Pascher.
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