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Auction 2 · Lot 37
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN BRONZE CHANUKAH LAMP.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $1,400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Eight branches terminating in 8 individual Liberty Bell representations surmounted by candleholder, stem similarly formed. The whole resting on large Liberty Bell domed base. Each Bell realistically chased. Stock inscribed with names of nine American-Jewish patriots. H: 315 mm.
summary
Crafted by Manfred Anson. One of only nine.
An earlier composition of Anson’s with an American theme, was his lamp to commemorate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. For other work by this folk-artist see lot 9.