1993

Emanuele Luzzati

20 x 55 x 6 cm

Ceramic pottery from Albisola
Ceramiche Il Tondo, Celle Ligure

This wall lamp consists of nine terracotta and polychrome enamel candle holders that represent the front view of nine rabbis. Each figure exhibits the typical iconography of these characters: shaggy beard, long pale brown tunic, the Torah held wide open on their chests. Eight statuettes are lined up on the same level. Eight statuettes are lined up on the same level. The ninth, the shamash, is placed after the first four and is raised with respect to the others. The back panel is a parallelepiped sheet of cast iron, which supports the entire structure.

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