- Object Name:
- Model of a Hanukkah Lamp
- Artist/Maker:
- Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert
- Bio:
- American, b. Germany, 1900-1981
- Place Made:
- New York, New York, United States
- Date:
- c. 1959
- Medium:
- Copper alloy: hand-worked
- Dimensions:
- 12 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (32.9 × 26.9 × 9.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Betty Wolpert, widow of the artist
- Accession Number:
- 1992-130
Not On View
This is the artist's model of a Hanukkah lamp created for synagogues in Philadelphia, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as for the exhibition at the International Festival of Art. Frank Lloyd Wright saw the final version and described it as "perfect. This is my idea of good design."
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.