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Ceramic Tile Panel with Signs of the Zodiac
Ceramic Tile Panel with Signs of the Zodiac

Ceramic Tile Panel with Signs of the Zodiac

Artist Ze'ev Raban Israeli, born Poland, 1890–1970
Date1924
MediumEarthenware, painted and glazed
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 79 5/8 × 13 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (202.2 × 34.3 × 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Iris and Stephen Weiss
Object number2025.4.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated 1924 in Ceramics Workshop of Bezalel Arts and Crafts School according to the designs of Ze’ev Rabban; purportedly ordered by architect Yehuda Magidovich and installed at Kabalkin House (Tel Aviv), circa 1924; Megiddon family collection, Tel Aviv; prior to 2016, collection of Shlomo Moussaieff (London); sold at auction, Sotheby's New York, Dec. 15, 2016 (lot 12); with Avi Girshengorn, Menorah Galleries (New York); sold to NCMA, June 2025. Object Rights Statement

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