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The Fiddler, the Mandolin Donkey and the Owl

Frank Meisler & Arie Ovadia
1990

Description

Lamppost, with at the top three sculptures:

Nick Bottom (a man with an ass's head) from Shakespeare's A Midsummer night's Dream (Wikipedia)..
Tevye (or Topol), the fiddler from Fiddler on the roof by Joseph Stein (Wikipedia).
Above the lamp is
The owl from The owl and the pussycat by Edward Lear (Wikipedia).

Information Sign

Presented on behalf of
THE STATE OF ISRAEL
by the Jordan P. Snyder and
Irene Calig Snyder Foundation - USA.

Frank Meisler · Arie Ovadia
Sculptor Chef d'atelier

Annotation

Commissioned on behalf of the State of Israel by the Jordan P. and Irene Callig Snyder Foundation.

Sculptors

Frank Meisler (Danzig c. 1929), sculptor in Jaffa, Israel (Website).
Arie Ovadia, beeldhouwer.

Sources & Information

Cotswolds.info, Sculptures in Stratford upon Avon.
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.
Flickr, The Israeli lamp post - the fiddler, the mandolin donkey and the owl.

Locatie (N 52°11'23" - W 1°42'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwm087; Photograph: 25 June 2014
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