Large embroidered needlepoint designed by Yankel Ginzburg
- Artwork Title
- Freedom Road
- Date
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creation:
1976-1986
- Geography
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creation:
Washington (D.C.)
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Needlework
- Object Type
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Canvas embroidery (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
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Embroidery.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Bicentennial Commission of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington, D.C., Aaron Goldman, Chairman
Colorful, embroidered wall hanging created by Yankel Ginzburg for the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington in 1976. The three-panel image was designed by Ginzburg and then executed in needlepoint by sixty-one artisans, 60 women and one man, between 1976 and 1986. The design is intended to symbolize the Jewish people's arduous journey to freedom.
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Record last modified: 2022-11-08 14:07:34
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