Object Details
- Anson, Manfred
- Description
- Many immigrants sought to preserve their cultural heritage while at the same time embracing their new identity as Americans. Manfred Anson did so in designing this Hanukkah lamp to mark the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. Anson, who escaped Nazi Germany as a teenager, later reunited with family who had immigrated to the United States. For this lamp, Anson combined a traditional Polish menorah and figurines cast from a 19th century Statue of Liberty souvenir.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Aaron Feingold and Mark and Peachy Levy
- 1986
- 1922
- ID Number
- 2010.0158.01
- catalog number
- 2010.0158.01
- accession number
- 2010.0158
- Object Name
- lamp
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 1/2 in x 17 in x 7 in; 59.69 cm x 43.18 cm x 17.78 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Presidency
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Judaism
- Citizenship
- Record ID
- nmah_1391530
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-20fd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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