- Object Name:
- Hanukkah Lamp
- Artist/Maker:
- David Weinrib
- Bio:
- American, 1924-2016
- Title:
- Maquette for a Hanukkah Lamp
- Place Made:
- Stony Point, New York, United States
- Date:
- 1989
- Medium:
- Copper; steel; wood; wax
- Dimensions:
- 12 5/8 × 8 13/16 × 11 in. (32 × 22.4 × 27.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Gift of Cantor Mimi Frishman and Rabbi Louis Frishman
- Accession Number:
- 1990-6
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David Weinrib is a multifaceted artist who has practiced most disciplines, from ceramics, painting, and photography to sculpture. This piece, his first work of Jewish ceremonial art, was created as a maquette for a Hanukkah lamp for Temple Beth El in Spring Valley, New York. It is made of "found" industrial materials.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.