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1968

  • Work on this object began.

1969

  • Work on this object ended.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for Hebrew Text for Ark Curtain, Beth Am Synagogue, Los Altos, CA

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1968–69 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 7.1 × 13.2 cm (2 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite above Hebrew word (haadama): of the earth (soil); each Hebrew character accompanied by a number in graphite, reading from right to left: 4,1,3,10,4 [all encircled]; in pen and black ink, below Hebrew words: Blessing

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Hebrew Text for Ark Curtain, Beth Am Synagogue, Los Altos, CA; USA; pen and black ink, graphite on white paper; H x W: 7.1 × 13.2 cm (2 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-77-a

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