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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev,

The map of Israel is painted on the seat of the chair with a blue sky with a small white cloud on the back. The map is painted from an eastern point of view. The Golan Heights are painted in brown on the right and the Galillee mountains below them are painted in light green. The Jordan valley and Sharonin are painted using a darker green. On the Sharon's left is the yellow coast and on its right are the brown Judea mountains ending in the yellow negev. The deep blue Mediterranean occupies most of the seat. On the back, a light blue sky is painted with a small white cloud on the upper right.

Name/Title
Sgan-Cohen, Chair | Not relevant
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1992
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Unknown | 0
Congregation
Unknown
Site
Not relevant
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Acrylic on wooden school chair. Impasto on the seat and thin, transparent color on the back.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Height
820mm.
Length
Width
420mm.
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
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Weight
Axis
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Subject
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
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
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Signature in Hebrew, black cursive on the upper left frontal leg: מיכאל סגן-כהן 2991
Colophon
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Group
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Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
According to the artist, the chair refers to the Hebrew expression: לשבת על הארץ Sitting on the land/ground The back might imply to afamous line from the song "White City" by Alterman that refers to Tel Aviv: I built myself a city made of sea waves and small clouds מקצף ים ועננה בניתי עיר לי לבנה
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Exhibitions: "1978-Until Here", Ramat-Gan, 1994.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Original
Documenter
| D.P. 6.95
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
Willi Mendelsohn | 12/3/15
Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
011008