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.