Obj. ID: 36689 Mezuzah Cover, Jerusalem, circa 2000
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The following description was prepared by William Gross:
Yaakov Greenvurcel, an award-winning graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, creates ritual objects in his studio in Jerusalem. Greenvurcel is probably one of the most prominent artists in his field. Greenvurcel's ritual objects breathe new life into ancient forms and at the same time, each of them is designed in accordance with the Halachah (Jewish Law). Every creation is crafted to the highest finishing quality with unequaled attention to detail.
Yaakov Greenvurcel was born in Poland in 1952 and came to Israel in 1957. In 1980 he graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem. The same year he was awarded the first Shapiro Prize for Judaica, for his "Ever-Changing Menorah". Greenvurcel was chosen as one of the winners of the Art Quest 88, an art competition held in the U.S.A. In 1996, the year celebrated as the 3,000 anniversary of Jerusalem, he designed a Torah Crown, especially for the International Judaica Design Competition. It was awarded an Honorable Mention including a monetary prize. Since 1980, he has been designing contemporary Jewish ceremonial art in his studio, located at Houtzot Hayotzer (Arts & Crafts Lane) in Jerusalem. Greenvurcel's works of art have been exhibited widely and are part of many well known private and public collections in Israel and abroad, including Jewish Museum, New York; USA; Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Judisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Judisches Museum Franken, Furth, Germany; Judisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria; Ha'aretz Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Maurice Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, USA; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA; H.U.C. Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA; H.U.C Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, OH, USA; H.U.C Skirball Museum, N.Y, USA; B'nai B'rith Klutznick Museum, Washington, D.C., USA; The Meadows Museum, Louisiana, USA; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA. In recent years Greenvurcel had started creating functional art as well, such as vases, collectors Chess Sets, and more.