Rare Charuvi Bezalel Inlaid Copper Clock Jerusalem 1916 Start Price USD 80,000.00 Current Price USD 80,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, May 07, 2008 End Time Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Location Netanya See more about 'Rare Charuvi Bezalel Inlaid Copper Clock Jerusalem 1916' Description Pasarel Mouse Over the Images Below to Enlarge The pictures do not do justice to this magnificent item.   Rare Shmuel Charuvi for Bezalel, IV Inlaid Copper Clock, Jerusalem Ca 1916 Extremely rare and highly important  Shmuel Charuvi (1897-1965) for Bezalel school of art ,IV inlaid copper clock, Jerusalem ca 1916.The  clock is designed as a building forefront and Inscribed  "the time is short and the work is plenty" – from "Pirkey Haavot" – the ancestral chapters (or teachings) in Hebrew.The dial is Inlaid with the letters "Aleph [1] - Yod-Beit [12]" in ancient Hebrew script on IV medallions.marked “Charuvi” in Hebrew.Height: 61cm. / 24in, Width: 46cm. / 18.1in.In its original condition with no movement and hands.One of the rarest Bezalel items we ever had and  the only other known existing identical piece  is in the  Museum of Israel ,Jerusalem, collection- see Shatz’s Bezalel , exhibition catalog 1906-1929, Museum of Israel ,1982, p.79 item number 913, pictured, “on loan by Zohara Shatz- Sando and Louise Shatz(the Boris Shatz’s estate)” and Boris Shatz's Bezalel, Museum of Israel, 1982, p. 164).Any serious Bezalel, Judaica or Israeliana  collector should have this piece in his/her collection.A superb Jewish, Judaica, Hebrew, Israel item. “Since its creation, this copper work of art was considered a "Bezalely" masterpiece seeing as already during the First World War this piece was featured at the center of a portfolio of a selected group of works by the copper working department managed by Zeev Raban. (Boris Shatz's Bezalel, Museum of Israel, Jerusalem, 1982, p. 164)Further evidence of its importance is the fact that Boris Shatz kept this work of art in his private collection. Few table clocks were designed by Bezalel and this is one of the most important of those. It was made during Shmuel Charuvi's stay in Bezalel as a student and creator between the years 1914-1917. Charuvi specialized in the painting and aesthetics department, and parallel to working under the wings of Rabban was also a protégé of Shmuel Ben-David in miniature painting on IV and china. He showed several different style tendencies – from academic realism to jugendstiel. This piece is a credit to Rabban's guidance, but also shows an indirect relation to Boris Shatz. Since the piece in action is a clock, a timepiece, Charuvi included two medallions of a deer and a lion at the bottom of the flanks to imply – "may you be as light as a deer and as fearless as a lion to do the will of your maker". In other words hurry and perform the deeds of faith. To emphasize the rapid fulfillment of the religious orders he included the quote "The time is short and the work is plenty". The clock is designed as the forefront of the "Gymnasia Hertzelia" which was founded in Tel-Aviv in 1910 and was the pride of the settlement, as well as a realization of Ahad Ha'am's Zionist vision of a "spiritual center" (a vision which Bezalel is a partner to as Ahad Ha'am stated in his report of 1912 when he concluded his visit to Israel, visiting among other places the "Gymnasia Hertzelia" and Bezalel). The young Charuvi, who is barely 20 at the time, indirectly flatters his admired principle, Boris Shatz, who influenced the architect Joseph Barsky to design the "Gymnasia Hertzelia" in the inspiration of the Temple: the turrets resemble the altar horns, and the two pillars represent the pillars of the Temple, Yachin and Boaz. Charuvi doubly portrays the pillars when he repeats them on the inner relief, showing Bezalel Ben-Uri building the Temple's Lamp (you can see his tools on his left). Here Charuvi pays tribute to his principle and his school which is named after the biblical Bezalel and at the same time adopts a subject which has already found voice on the cover of a catalogue designed by Rabban (then, still Ravitzky) in 1913 for a Bezalel exhibition in New-York (1914). The cover depicts the image of Bezalel Ben-Uri installing the Temple's Lamp (though in profile and seated). One should remember that the same Rabban designed, approximately at the same time, a copper clock inlaid with IV, gems and silver filigree and relief inscribed at the bottom "The time is short and the work is plenty" inspiring Charuvi. Moreover, in that same clock Rabban designed the dial with the Zodiac signs on IV medallions, and there is no doubt that Charuvi's medallions (depicting the letters Aleph – Yod-Beit in ancient Hebrew script) were adopted from there. Along with the pair of Star-of-David medallions at the top of the first Hebrew Gymnasia's turrets, we have before us a combination of Hebrew time (the ancient letters and the quotation from "Pirkei-Haavot" – ancestral chapters in Hebrew) and Zionist time. A true example of Bezaleli eclectics at its best.”   Dr. Gideon Ofrat. Israel's premier curator, art critic, & art historian.   Charuvi, Shmuel (1897-1965). Was a free spirit, he lived life his own way.Always traditional in the religious sense but never attached to any religious doctrine and an artist who painted and sketched, with great skill, his impressions from the local landscape and his inner visions of biblical events, without ever being a part of any artistic group. Charuvi was born in Ukraine to an orthodox Jewish family. At the age of 12, after studying at a “heder”, he began studying art. At the age of 14 he was sent to Odessa to be educated at an art high school , when in Odessa he decided to become a Jewish painter in the historic Land of Israel and study at “Bezalel”.Shmuel Charuvi immigrated to Palestine in 1914 and almost immediately started studying in Bezalel. At first his financial needs were taken care of by a rich Russian family, but the situation was changed with the break of the First World War. Charuvi studied at Bezalel until 1917 and then worked at a Bezalel workshop until joining the Israeli Brigade. After Hruvi’s release from the brigade he went back to Jerusalem and started painting the city. In 1928 Shmuel Charuvi married Rachel, the couple had 3 children. Over the years Charuvi worked in agriculture, he was a teacher, painted some ordered paintings and used to paint infamous commercial paintings for the sake of making a living. At the eve of his life he presented his work in 2 galleries.Shmuel Charuvi used to paint in a realistic-impressionist style. He considered his work a mission of perpetuating the land and used to move from place to place, paint and sketch it. Charuvi liked painting the Mediterranean sea in Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Atlit, Acre, the Sea of Galilee, olive trees, he painted the landscape of ancient cities such as Jerusalem, Tiberius and Acre, he paited the wall that surrounded them, old ruined places and beautiful spots that used to exist and don’t anymore. Charuvi also used to paint his inner visions of biblical stories such as Jacob and the young goat, the giants, the prophet and others.     Measurements : Marks : Height: 61cm. / 24in. Width: 46cm. / 18.1in. Marked “Charuvi” in Hebrew. Weight : Condition : - Very good. 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