Wooden case with twenty-three compartments, each containing an object representing an element of Jewish identity

AUCTION 2 | Tuesday, June 03rd, 1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal

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Lot 99
(ASSEMBLAGE-ART).

Wooden case with twenty-three compartments, each containing an object representing an element of Jewish identity

290x420 mm

American, contemporary :

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $700
Enchanting arrangement of Judaic ephemera transformed into an artistic statement of permanence. Recently fashioned by Manfred Anson in a manner analogous in tenor to the “shadow-boxes” of Joseph Cornell. (See also lot 37)