Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Mizrah. Compass for the Heart
(124 words)

Curator

Grace Cohen Grossman.

Collection

Skirball Cultural Center.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 1985. Booklet, 12 pp., illustrations: 14 b&w, 28 × 21.5 cm. English.

Location

HUC-JIR Museum, New York (15 October 1985–14 March 1986)

Description

An expanded version of an exhibition of the same name, originally produced by and shown at the Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, in 1981. Prefaces by Alfred Gottschalk and Nancy Berman. Introduction to the mizrach and the shiviti by Philip E. Miller. Descriptive entries. 44 items.

main keywords

MIZRACH
SHIVITI PLAQUES

minor keywords

Amulets
Bezalel Art School
Hanukkah lamps
Holy Land souvenirs
Holy Land souvenirs, olive wood
Letter openers
Omer calendars
Papercuts
Shiviti plaques, paper
Tefillin bags

Other venues

HUC-JIR Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, USA (1981); HUC-JIR Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (21 September–31 December 1987)

Catalog from other venue

#909 (Cincinnati)

Cite this page
“Mizrah. Compass for the Heart”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 21 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0835>
First published online: 2019



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