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Cover for a High Holy Days Prayer Book
Cover for a High Holy Days Prayer Book

Cover for a High Holy Days Prayer Book

Artist Ilya Schor American, born Poland, 1904–1961
Date1956
MediumSilver, dyed leather
Dimensions8 3/8 x 5 3/4 x 2 in. (21.3 x 14.6 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LineGift of Drs. Ronald and Elizabeth Kanof Levine in honor of Susan R. Finkel
Object number2006.17
On View
On view
ProvenanceCommissioned by Abram Kanof, Brooklyn [1]; created New York, 1956; Drs. Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof, New York and later Raleigh, NC; to daughter Elizabeth Kanof Levine, Raleigh, ca. 1981; given to NCMA, 2006.

[1] Commissioned as a 25th anniversary gift to his wife, Frances Pascher Kanof.
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