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Sterling silver sculpture, Yaacov Heller, Adam & Eve
Sterling silver sculpture, Yaacov Heller, Adam & Eve
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Sterling silver sculpture, Yaacov Heller, Adam & Eve. Signed and stamped by artist on base
Height: 21.25".----------------------------------------------------------Wiki:Yaacov Heller is an Israeli-American sculptor and jewelry designer based in Boca Raton, Florida[2] who is known for his sculptures of Biblical themes.In 2020, he was the recipient of 22nd Annual Opal Awards by The Rotary Club of Boca Raton.Heller was born in 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio as Jack E. Heller into a traditional Jewish family. He studied at the Cleveland Museum of Art and has served in the US Navy.[10] In 1965, he moved to California, and began to develop a wide range of custom-made gold jewelry.Heller presenting Benjamin Ferencz his bust in a presentation July, 2019.He created 150 fourteen-carat gold pendants which were presented as holiday gifts to the cast and crew along with notables on the MGM lot. Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor were also recipients of the pendant.Since the 1970s, Heller has been commissioned to create silver and bronze electroformed-cast representations of Biblical figures. These were given to world leaders including Gerald Ford.According to The Boca Newspaper and the Sun Sentinel newspaper, Heller has created a wide range of Judaica statues and busts, figural statuary such as the Fiddler on the Roof, Count and Countess de Hoernle,In 2014, Heller was commissioned to create The Garden of Humanity, a memorial which recognizes the six major genocides of the 20th century.[18][19] It was unveiled April 25, 2015.[20]On September 7, 2020, the documentary Two Heads Are Better Than One: Making of the Ben Ferencz Bust,[21] starring Ferencz and sculptor Yaacov Heller, world premiered.[22] It was produced by Eric Kline Productions and directed by Eric Kline.[23]On December 17, 2020, Benjamin Ferencz was decorated with the title of 'Distinguished Honorary Fellow of the ICC' and his bust, created by Heller, was unveiled to be housed permanently at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.[24]ExhibitionsThe Garden of Humanity in downtown Boca Raton, Florida, designed by Heller in 2015A collection of HellerÂ’s Biblical tableaus was displayed at the Peeler Art Center of DePauw University from April to May, 2015,[25]The original David and Goliath presented to Gerald Ford is now in the Gerald Ford Library Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[14]Selected artworksClasped Hands, (1966)David and Goliath, (1974)The Sacrifice of Isaac, (1972)The Death of Samson, (1975)[26]Elijah Rising to Heaven, (1976)[27]Fiddler on the Roof, (1989)[28]FlossyÂ’s Fountain, (2003)[29]Count Adolph and Countess Henrietta de Hoernle, bronze, (2011)[30]Menorah, bronze, 15-feet high (2014), Congregation BÂ’Nai Torah, South Boca Raton[31][32]The Garden of Humanity, (20
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Good condition overall, however one branch is nearly broken off.It needs to be re-soldered to the tree.
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