Jacob El Hanani was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1947 and grew up in Israel
Micrography
Ink on paper
Signed «El Hanani» and dated 1984
Sheet: 27.5 x 28.5 cm (10" 7/8 x 11" 1/2)
With frame: 41 x 41 cm (16" 1/8 x 16" 1/8)
El Hanani uses an ancient art form in Judaism, micrography, a technique utilized in decoration and transcribing holy texts, in which minuscule marks are used to build a pattern.