Hanukkah Lamp
ArtistDesigned by
Ze'ev Raban
(Israeli, born Poland, 1890–1970)
Maker
Bezalel Workshop
DateDesigned circa 1926; probably fabricated late 1920s
MediumSilver, colored glass, wood base
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth (at base): 35 1/2 × 16 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (90.2 × 42.5 × 41.9 cm)
height, width, and depth ((at top)): 35 1/2 × 23 × 3 in. (90.2 × 58.4 × 7.6 cm)
height, width, and depth ((at top)): 35 1/2 × 23 × 3 in. (90.2 × 58.4 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), the Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery, and JoAnn Pizer-Fox and Stanley H. Fox in honor of their children
Object number2005.8
On View
On viewCollections
ProvenanceDesigned Jerusalem, ca. 1926, probably fabricated late 1920s; reportedly acquired from the artist (or Bezalel Workshop) by a German-Jewish family, Haifa, Eretz Israel, ca. late 1920s [1]; by descent in family; [Elia Peled, Tel Aviv]; Georges Weil, Herziliya Petuach, Israel, 1997; [Meir Urbach, Gush Etzion, Israel, 2005]; sold to NCMA, 2005.
[1] Per Georges Weil.
Unidentified workshop, associated with Hoaching
Case: circa 1860 or earlier; finials and pointer: probably later
