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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)

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 view

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.
Published References"New Acquisitions, New Look for the Judaic Art Gallery," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (July/August 2006), briefly discussed and illus. (color) 7.

Yonat Shimron, "Judaic gallery to reopen at museum," Raleigh: The News and Observer (July 7, 2006), mentioned 1E.

John W. Coffey, entry for Standing Hanukkah Lamp, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 146, illus. (color) 147

“North Carolina Museum of Art Hanukkah lamp selected for White House Hanukkah Ceremony,” artdaily.org (December 10, 2015) posted at http://artdaily.com/news/83532/North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Hanukkah-lamp-selected-for-White-House-Hanukkah-ceremony-#.VrtK7EbK-Mn.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Reflections on Light: Works from the NCMA Collection,” September 9, 2020–August 15, 2021.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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