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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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MSGC : Collections : Window

Window

Building Name: Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Artist Name: Robert Pinart

City: Southfield

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1962

Subject/Title of Window: Burning Bush

Brief Description of Subject: A quote from the blogspot "Tilesinnewyork" which apples to this window:

"Many of Pinart's abstract expressionist liturgical commissions illustrate a concept of ascendance, a sense of flowing upwards to commune with the divine. The colors used in the piece as a whole, the shapes of the cut glass pieces, as well as of the whole window, and its position within the room, and especially light, all contribute to this concept."

The overall shape of the window is thought to represent Mt. Sinai where Moses received the 10 Commandments.

The top panels evoke the flames of the burning bush found in the book of Exodus where God convinces a reluctant Moses to be His instrument to free the Jews from slavery in Egypt and lead them to the land of milk and honey. 

Note: Starting at the bottom, the first nine panels of the left side are mirror images of those on the right side.
Fabricated by the Cummings Studio
 

Height: 90'

Width: 104'

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