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Wine Cup for the Prophet Elijah
Wine Cup for the Prophet Elijah

Wine Cup for the Prophet Elijah

Artist Moshe Zabari Israeli, born 1935, active in the United States 1961–1988
Date1965
MediumSilver, gold
DimensionsH. 5 3/4 x D. 3 9/16 in. (14.6 x 9.0 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineGift of Hampton Industries in memory of its first chairman of the board, Sam Fuchs
Object numberG.77.3.2
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1965, collection of the artist, Tobe Pascher Workshop, The Jewish Museum, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1977.Published ReferencesNancy Stone, "Jewish Ceremonial Art: Rare Exhibit Opens at Lynwood Arts Center," Martinsville Bulletin (September 11, 1977), I-D, illus.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 71.

Abram Kanof, A Guide to the Judaic Art Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996), cat. no. 29, pp. 18, 40-41, illus. (b-w) 40.
Exhibition HistoryWinston-Salem, NC, Temple Emmanuel, special exhibition, May 15, 1976.

Martinsville, VA, Lynwood Community Arts Center, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," August 26-September 26, 1977.

Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Gallery of Art, "Thirty-eight Judaic Art Items," October 20-November 6, 1977.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Thirty-eight Judaic Art Items," December 13, 1977-January 17, 1978.

Dallas, NC, Gaston Co. Art and History Museum, NCMA traveling exhibition, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," October 9-November 6, 1978.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of History, "Judaic Ceremonial Art," April 3-May 20, 1979.

Greenville, NC, Mendenhall Student Center, ECU, "Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition," February 1-28, 1980.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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