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Resia Schor (1910-2006) was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw before the Second World War, studying in the studio of Tadeusz Pruszkowski. From 1941, she lived and worked in New York with her husband, Ilia Schor, also a student at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. After the death of her husband in 1961, Resia worked mainly in metalwork, creating unique jewellery and Judaica. Her mezuzahs had little in common with the traditional mezuzahs hung on the door frame. The artist constructed her mezuzahs from a variety of materials (silver, plexiglass, colour images on paper) giving them complex, almost abstract shapes. Their essence is not a religious function, but they are still a sign of Jewish identity. | RP