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Artist:
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Anatoli Luovitch Kaplan
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Title:
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Hanukkah lamp
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Date:
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early 1970s
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Medium:
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Ceramic, enamel
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Dimensions:
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H.4-13/16 x W.7-1/4 x D.2-3/4 in.
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Charlotte Karlen
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Location:
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Gallery 362
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Anatoli Kaplan is best known for his paintings and series of lithographs depicting Russian Jewish folk life. He also produced Jewish ritual objects during the Soviet period of religious repression. Such objects, including this menorah, were created and distributed without the knowledge of the authorities.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Kaplan, Anatoli Luovitch
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Nationality:
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Russian
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Life Dates:
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Russian, 1902-1980
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Judaica
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Physical Description:
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overall 'L' shape; tall back panel rough at edges with two seated animals, bodies facing with heads turned away; animals painted in gold as well as rings around eight candle holders along bottom
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Russia, , ,
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Accession #:
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2005.24
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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