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- TITLE: YAD - TORAH POINTER
- ARTIST: Michoel Muchnik
- SIGNATURE: Pencil Signed Lower Right
- MEDIUM: Limited Edition Lithograph
- EDITION: 300 plus 70 APs
- PAPER SIZE: 6 1/2" X 26"
- IMAGE SIZE: 5 1/2" X 24 1/2"
DESCRIPTION: This 20 color gold illuminated lithograph depicts the Yad - Torah Pointer. The Torah pointer is traditionally used to help the reader keep his place and enable those who are called up to the Torah to follow along. Muchnik has skillfully combined beautiful pastel colors to create this attractive "YAD". It is placed on a parchment looking background to give it a rich look. This is a wonderful beginning to a Muchnik collection. It also would be a great addition to an existing collection especially because of its unusual shape which would be an asset to an interesting wall arrangement.
DETAILS: The original design depicts each of the Patriarchs, the Forefathers of the entire Jewish people.
- Avraham's (Abraham) tent to the right, known for the hospitality offered there, signifies the attribute of kindness.
- Yitzchak's (Isaac) well to the left, represents the toil in unearthing the hidden wellsprings contained in the Torah, and indicates the attribute of judgement.
- The 4 vessels in the center represent Yaacov's (Jacob) four wives and their children, the 12 Tribes of Israel. The vessels symbolize the attributes of truth and compassion.
- The bundles of wheat represent the strength of the Jewish people when united and joined together through Torah. Separate stalks of wheat can be easily broken; however, when they are bundled together they can withstand even a tremendous force.
- The Holy Temple depicted in the center and the 7 fruits and grains of Israel; grapes, dates, pomegranates, figs, olives, wheat, and barley, incorporated in the design remind us of our promised return to the land of the Israel when we will reap the fruits of our labor in the future era of Moshiach (the Messiah) with the building of third temple in Jerusalem.
ARTIST INFORMATION: : Today's renaissance of the traditional Jewish lifestyle has been accompanied by the blossoming of a multi-faceted Chasidic art movement. Michoel Muchnik, among the foremost Chassidic artists, has gained prominence with his joyfully imaginative renderings in acrylics, watercolors, and original lithographs. He frequently combines his delicate use of color and fine line work into a story book motif. Even at its most mystical, a Muchnik painting is inexplicably familiar.
Born in Philadelphia in 1952, Muchnik received his artistic training at Rhode Island School of Design. He later studied at the Rabbinical College of America, in Morristown, New Jersey.
Muchnik has staged exhibits of his original paintings, bas-relief mosaics and lithographs throughout the world. His originals have been displayed at the Brooklyn Museum, the Goldman Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C., Yeshiva University Museum in New York, Dansforth Museum in Massachusetts, the Sydney Jewish Museum and the Sharei Tzedek Collection in Israel.
Price: $195.00
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