Israeli lamppost at Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Personal photograph by Michael. 14 October 2006.
The Israeli sculptor Frank Meisler was commissioned by the Israeli Ambassador to the UK to create the bronze sculptures of Bottom and Topol mounted on the Stratford lamppost pictured above. I remember visiting Meisler's shop-cum-museum off a humble street in Jaffa in Israel. His most ubiquitous work is the Jerusalem Sphere, below. He gifted a modified version of the sphere to then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Meisler turned his incredible imagination toward a craft that has elevated the Polish-born sculptor to the honor of the best Israeli sculptor. I am, frankly, amazed that there is no English Wikipedia page for Meisler. I was able to find one in German and another in Russian. No English page exists.
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