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Women's tales : four leading Israeli jewelers
- Title
- Women's tales : four leading Israeli jewelers / Davira S. Taragin and Alex Ward, with Helen W. Drutt English.
- Author
- Taragin, Davira Spiro.
- Publication
- New York : Hudson Hills Press : Distributed by National Book Network, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- 128 pages : color illustrations; 26 x 27 cm
- Summary
- "Documenting a leading international collaboration between the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, this publication and its accompanying touring exhibition present the first comprehensive study of Israeli contemporary jewelry by focusing on the careers of four of its leading women jewelers. Each of these artists has played a major role in forging an Israeli identity in the contemporary jewelry movement, one that is distinctive from Europe and America."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Note
- "The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Racine Art Museum."
- Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Racine Art Museum and three other museums between Sept. 17, 2006 and June 25, 2008. The exhibition will tour in Europe during 2008-2009 and be on view at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, during 2009-2010.
- Contents
- Israeli identity and collective memory / Alex Ward -- An outsider's perspective : life stories / Davira S. Taragin -- Three days, six women, four tales / Helen W. Drutt English -- The artists -- Bianca Eshel-Gershuni -- Vered Kaminski -- Esther Knobel -- Deganit Stern Schocken -- Catalogue of the exhibition.
- ISBN
- 1555952704 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006016695
- 9781555952709
- OCLC
- ocm69593934
- SCSB-5291092
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries