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Averbuch uses paving stones, railroad ties, steel, glass, and other reclaimed materials in his sculptures, repurposing them but also allowing them to retain signs of their utilitarian past. His works…
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Ilan Averbuch
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New York, United States of America
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1986
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In The Costume Party, George Segal switched from making all white sculptures to using colors. The six figures—Anthony and Cleopatra, Superman, Pussy Galore, Catwoman, and Bottom from Shakespeare’s…
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George Segal
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1965–1972
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Jacques Lipchitz created The Prayer in 1943 to express his horror over the mass murder of Jews, which was then underway in Europe, reportedly crying as he made the statue. The central figure in The…
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Jacques Lipchitz
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New York, United States of America
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1943
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William Zorach created Spirit of the Sea at the request of the City of Bath, which wanted a fountain for a city park. The sculpture is similar to others in his oeuvre in that it consists of a figure…
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William Zorach
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Bath, United States of America
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1961
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Few works by Louise Nevelson allude to Jewish themes. Homage to the Six Million is one of the exceptions. She said of her sculpture that she hoped it would create “a living presence of a people who…
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Louise Nevelson
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1964
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Religious Liberty was commissioned by the Jewish fraternal organization B’nai B’rith in honor of the American centennial in 1876. It was Moses Ezekiel’s first major commission. Freedom and…
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Moses Ezekiel
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1876
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Berman’s best-known work is her Holocaust memorial for the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island in Washington State. The twelve-foot-high bronze sculpture consists of stylized Hebrew…
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Gizel Berman
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Seattle, United States of America
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1981
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The rough-hewn sculptures that Epstein created early in his career, like that of the painter Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), departed from the conventions of classical Greek sculpture in a radical way that…
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Jacob Epstein
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Leeds, United States of America
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1921
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Gross was known for his wooden sculptures and his focus on the human figure. He first studied art on the Lower East Side of Manhattan when he came to the United States and he later taught there at the…
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Chaim Gross
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New York City, United States of America
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1928
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Cabbalistic Sphere, a sculpture made from polished aluminum, is one of Kaish’s many works inspired by ancient Jewish texts. Some of her works with spiritual and metaphysical themes are abstract…
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Luise Kaish
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New York, United States of America
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1975