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‘The argument that modern sculpture is inappropriate for religious requirements is disproved by works of Lipchitz, Lassaw, & Herbert Ferber. In keeping with the Jewish preference for nonfigural art, Ferber’s “...and the bush was not consumed” (1951[ce]), commissioned by a synagogue in Millburn, New Jersey, comprises clusters of branches and boldly shaped weaving flames, invisibly suspended in a powerful and intimate vision that absorbs its viewers with its hypnotic rhythm. Lassaw’s “Pillar of Fire”, for the exterior of a synagogue in Springfield, Massachusetts, also has a mesmerizing pattern recalling the illusory images sometimes seen in flames. Lipchitz’s sculpture of the “Virgin of Assy” (1948-54[ce]) was commissioned for the Catholic church at Assy, France.’

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* – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:111]

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