In 1964, at the age of 33, Dani Karavan was commissioned by Dora Gad, the Knesset interior architect, to create a sculpture that would form the western central wall of the Knesset assembly hall. The piece was completed in 1966.[1]
The sculpture is carved in limestone from the Deir al-Asad quarry in the Galilee. It is 24 meters wide and 7 meters tall.[2] The sculpture is one of two Dani Karavan art pieces located in the Knesset; the second piece is the front wooden wall of the Knesset Auditorium.
