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Cabbalistic Sphere
Luise Kaish
1975
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Atlanta-born sculptor and painter Luise Kaish is known especially for her bronze and steel sculptures. Among her many honors and awards are a Tiffany Foundation grant (1951), a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship (1959), and a Rome Prize fellowship from the American Academy in Rome (1970). Kaish’s work included commissions from synagogues and churches, including arks and ark doors. She is a professor emerita of sculpture at Columbia University.
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