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Mezuzah

Artist Harold Rabinowitz American, born 1939
Date1979
MediumSilver; plastic; scroll: ink on parchment
Dimensions2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.3 x 6.3 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineGift of Dr. Naomi Kanof in honor of the 75th birthday of Dr. Frances Pascher Kanof
Object numberG.79.3.5
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1979; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1979.Published ReferencesAbram Kanof, A Guide to the Judaic Art Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996), cat. no. 38, pp. 19, 46-47, illus. (b-w) 46.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” November 8, 1979-February 3, 1980.
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