Temple Beth El 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas Front exterior wall San Mateo California 94403
Date:
Dedicated April 1958
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
Image on file.
signed
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Summary:
A triangular-shaped sculpture of cut, bent, and shaped copper mounted on the front exterior wall of the Temple. The sculpture consists of a triangular mountain shape with a series of tent-like structures scattered around its lower sections. The mountain top is surmounted by the Ten Commandment tablets and the Hebrew letter "Shin" (the first letter of the Hebrew word "Shaddai" meaning "almighty"). Three aluminum rods reach from the tablets down to the mountain base.
