Name/Title
Picture; "Eyen-Daled"Entry/Object ID
K_0611Tags
art around buildingDescription
"The shema prayer in most prayer books is printed with the eyen of the word "shema" and the daled of the last word "echad" made larger. We should visually pick this up and be reminded that we are witness to the unity and oneness of God. In first Temple times our alphabet was written differently: the form of the eyen was a circle, a daled was written as a triangle. Artist has combined these two traditions in this composition.Made/Created
Artist
Mordechai RosensteinDate made
circa 1990Place
City
PhiladelphiaState/Province
PennsylvaniaCountry
USAContinent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Material
Gouache, gold lead, oil pastel, shellac on handmade paper