Name/Title
Seder plateEntry/Object ID
K_0882Tags
storageDescription
Second prize, 1996 Phillip and Sylvia Spertus Judaica prize. Mahogany with polished and hammered nickel, the metalwork executed by Sarah Care. Commentary from the 1996 exhibition catalogue: "The Seder plate is not supposed to be a plate at all, but a symbolic landscape. Ordinary plates, when wiped clean, leave no hint of their previous use. in contrast, the Seder plate must bear a trace of what has been there, and point towards what will be there again. it is a repository of memory, whose mysterious, fossil-like impressions provide interpretation and elaboration." An example of the plate prepared for a seder can be seen on the artist's website: https://amyreichertjudaica.com/product/seder-plate-i/ Other plates of this model are at the Yale University Art Gallery and in the Jewish Museum, New York. https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/5022-seder-plateMade/Created
Date made
circa 1996Place
* Untyped Place
Williamstown, MADimensions
Width
12-1/2 inLength
12-1/2 in
