Gimel, sculpture, bronze on marble, 12”
12" bronze sculpture on crème marfil marble base.
The artist discovered this beautiful 16th century torah scroll alphabet when creating some three dimensional Hebrew letters. She sculpted the letter Gimel at the time of Rosh Hashanah, a time associated with the word ge’ulah—גאולה—meaning redemption, a theme associated with this holiday.
Number 2/edition of 36.
Nancy Schön is an internationally renowned sculptor, most well known for her celebrated Make Way for Ducklings in the Boston Public Garden. She is known for her warm, evocative representations of human and animal figures and has received manycommissions both public and private in the United States and abroad.