Auction 79 · Lot 270
Designed by Reuben Leaf (signed on reverse).
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
AMERICAN HEAVY BRASS CHANUKAH LAMP
Publication
c. 1930
Description
Of modernist design, with features portraying a bold Zionistic appearance especially by way of a prominent use of the Star-of-David, contemporary style of Hebrew lettering and the clean lines used to depict flanking lions. Nine candle-sockets on curved platform fronted by traditional Hebrew Chanukah-related wording. L: 11.5 inches; H: 9.5 inches.
summary
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.