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Memorial Lamp
Memorial Lamp

Memorial Lamp

Artist Harold Rabinowitz American, born 1939
Date1978
MediumGilded silver
DimensionsH. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Judaic Art Fund
Object numberG.79.3.4
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1978; collection of the artist, Tobe Pascher Workshop, The Jewish Museum, New York; sold to NCMA, 1979.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NCMA, "Recent Acquisitions," November 8, 1979-February 3, 1980.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Modern Ceremonial Art in the Judaic Tradition," December 11, 1997-March 7, 1998.
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