Designed by Reuben Leaf (signed on reverse).
AUCTION 79 |
Thursday, November 15th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 270
AMERICAN HEAVY BRASS CHANUKAH LAMP
Designed by Reuben Leaf (signed on reverse).
c. 1930
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
Leaf (then known as Lifshitz), studied at the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem from 1906. He served as director of the Metal and Wood Batik Department from 1912-16. Thereafter he settled in America. See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel, p. 372.