Bar Mitzvah
By: written by David Mamet; paintings by Donald Sultan
Publisher: Marco Fine Arts, Contemporary Atelier
Published: 1999
Place of publication: El Segundo, Calif
Language: eng; heb
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Bar mitzvah; Fiction; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Clocks and watches; Judaism
Notes: "... the story of a young boy who, on the eve of his bar mitzvah, learns about life from an old man whose antique watch reveals something of man's relation to God ... the drawings ... chronicle the historical fascination with decoration and the gradual stripping away of that decoration as a result of mechanical ideology."--Prospectus.

All but one of the illustrations (16 bound in, 4 mounted) are silk-screened prints with additional hand-coloring in charcoal, ink, tempera, and 22-carat gold leaf; one illustration is a computer printout; all prints 49 x 69 cm. (created 1998); the mounted prints are signed.

Photographs of the author and artist on p. [iii]; author's photo by Brigette LaCombe; artist's photo copyright by Frances Sultan.

Printed on hand-deckled 300 gram Archival Coventry rag paper.

Issued with its prospectus and a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Bound in black Brama leather with title stamped on cover in gold.

Printed in an edition of 395 copies.

Text in English and Hebrew.
Table of contents: title: Topographical instruments; title: Watches; title: Watch interior; title: Synagogue clock; title: Marine chronometer; title: Dutch clock with verge encapment; title: Dutch Zaanse bracket clock; title: Theatrical clock; title: French wall clock; title: Pocket watches; title: Ingots; title: Cups and bells; title: Bullets; title: Buttons and threads; title: Barbed wire; title: Glasses; title: Wedding bands; title: Windows [rectangular]; title: Windows [square]; title: Postmodern building.