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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Unknown,
The semi-abstract and flat sculpture has three components: Isaac, the ram, and two mourning women. The dead Isaac is represented by a round, peaceful, closed-eyed face, lying on the ground, facing the sky. The menacing ram, towering above Isaac, is represented by a horned beastly face that connotes devilish representations from western tradition. The two mourning women are standing side by side, their bodies are united into a single robed figure with two mourning faces. Ma .4507 
Name/Title
Kadishman, The Sacrifice of Isaac | Unknown
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Date
1982-1985
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Unknown
Material / Technique
Cast and cut sheets of steel
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Height
350 cm
Length
Width
700 cm
Depth
800 cm
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Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Unknown
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Ornamentation
Custom
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Summary and Remarks
According to the artist, Isaac symbolizes "the son who died in vain"; the mourning figures are the mothers who let their sons die, replacing the traditional image and role of Abraham; the triumphant ram is pitiless and indifferent, a symbol of coincidental fate that caused the boy's death (Restany, Kadishman, 1996, pp. ?).
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
1987 - Tel Aviv Museum. Gift of Rachel and Dov Gottesman
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Restany, Kadishman, 1996, pp. 9-1, 201-211.
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Volume
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Type
Ma. 4507
Documenter
Haya Friedberg | 22.7.00
Author of description
Haya Friedberg | 22.7.00
Architectural Drawings
| 24.9.2001
Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
Haya Friedberg |
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