Arts&Life
at home/on the cover
46 | NOVEMBER 14 • 2019
Jane and Larry Sherman’
s house
refl
ects their interests in art,
Israel and antiquities.
JUDITH HARRIS SOLOMON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
J
ane and Larry Sherman’
s 3-year-old
Bloomfield Hills home, designed
by architects Denise and George
Hartman and constructed by custom
builder Joel Lerman, faces a water refuge
that is continually teeming with inter-
esting wildlife. And the home’
s stunning
interior, designed by Patti Kelter of Kelter
Schwartz Design, is brimming over with
exciting collections of both contemporary
art and Judaic antiquities.
Holding a place of honor in the living
room is an oil painting of the Judean Hills
outside of Jerusalem by famous Israeli
artist Yossi Stern that the couple pur-
chased in 1962.
“It the first piece of art we bought
together, and it cost $60,” Jane says.
Jane, a champion golfer, wife, moth-
er of three, grandmother of 10 and
great-grandmother of three, is the daugh-
ter of the late Max M. Fisher, iconic
Detroit-area philanthropist and business-
man whose financial contributions as well
as sage counseling on the local, national
and international scene are legendary —
and she has continued to build upon that
legacy.
“My very first Jewish memory goes
back to 1947 when I was just 9 years
old,” she says. “We were living at the Lee
Plaza Hotel in Detroit and listening, on
an old-fashioned radio, to a vote that was
BRETT MOUNTAIN
Art-Filled Home
ABOVE: Larry and Jane Sherman. RIGHT: A towering sculpture by Michigan artist David Barr
makes a statement at the entrance to the Sherman home in Bloomfield Hills.