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Rachel Gera
Handmade Israeli Modernist Brutalist Studio Silver Sterling Necklace, Pendant

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This is a 925 sterling silver hand made necklace with large hanging pendant, with some sort of decorative stones. due to its form and shape it is not signed. beautiful craftsman work. The pendant is embedded with 6 Amber stones in different sizes. 44cm long opened, pendant is 95X75mm, total weight 64 grams. Attributed to Rachel Gera, Jewellery designer, born 1936 in Tel Aviv, Israel to Polish parents was caught by accident traveling in Poland with her parents during the Nazi "Kristallnacht", and was saved by her mother pushing her onto a train of the "Tehran Children" and narrowly escaped the Holocaust. This is from the period of Maskit and the sculptural studio silver movement in Israel that included some wonderful designers and artisan craftsmen such as Hanna Behar Panet, Ludwig Wolpert, Menahem Berman, Moshe Zabari, and David Gumbel. Education 1960-62 Oranim Art Institute, Tivon, with Marcel Janco 1958-60 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Jewelry Select Exhibitions Women in Art The Feminist Club, Tel Aviv-Yafo Women in Art The Feminist Club, Tel Aviv-Yaffo, 1977 Artists: Adi Aronow, Genia Berger, Miriam Bat Yosef, Ilana Goor, Ruth Zarfati, Rachel Gera, Rachel Shavit Bentwich, Sculpture Park Tzrifin, 1991 Against Violence against Women, Studio Aman, Hadera The Bar David Museum for Art and Judaica, Kibbutz Bar'am
  • Creator:
    Rachel Gera (1936)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17.33 in (44 cm)Width: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)Depth: 2.96 in (7.5 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3827005122
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