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The Artist Project: Jacob El Hanani

Jun 6, 2016 3 MINUTES
"Books were made to last forever."

Artist Jacob El Hanani reflects on the "Mishneh Torah" by Master of the Barbo Missal in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Jacob El Hanani, born in 1947 in Casablanca, is an Israeli artist who creates micrographic drawings.

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Jacob El Hanani (Israeli, born Morocco, 1947)

Tehilim, 1978–81

Ink on canvas; 50 × 50 in. (127 × 127 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Syril and Leonard Rubin, 1983 (1983.199) © Jacob El Hanani

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