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Sabbath Candlesticks
Sabbath Candlesticks

Sabbath Candlesticks

Artist Fred Fenster American, 1934–2024
Date2009
MediumSilver
DimensionsH. 1.) 10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm); 2.) 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm); Diam. of bases: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineCommissioned as the gift of Carlos and Terri Union Zukowski in honor of John W. Coffey
Object number2009.9/1-2
On View
On view
ProvenanceCommissioned by NCMA, 2009; created Sun Prairie, WI, 2009; sold to NCMA, 2009.Published ReferencesRebecca Levine, "Marriage of math and art produces exceptional results," in Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation News, Vol. 23 (December 2009), 21, illus.

Daniel Belasco, "Post-Ethnic: Judaica Today," in Metalsmith 31 (2011), discussed and illus. (b-w) 45.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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