Jerry Geier, (VT, b.1944) Purim

2005, terra cotta, signed and dated, depicting a row of animals standing behind a wall and showing their masks.

15.5 x 20 x 8 in.

From the Collection of Joe Rowand, Chapel Hill, NC

Purim is a fun Jewish festival commemorating Esther saving the Jewish people from Haman, a Persian vizier that planned to kill all of the Jews in the kingdom. Purim is observed by exchanging gifts of food and drink, giving alms to the poor and eating a celebratory feast. Often masks and costumes are worn for parades and other public celebrations.
Jerry Geier, a practicing lawyer in Vermont for many years, devoted his full time to art over thirty years ago working in terra cotta but has also worked in woodcuts, dry-point etchings and cast bronze.


Good estate condition.