# Zeev Raban artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/zeev-raban/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:40:43.578Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1890-09-22
- Death date: 1970-01-19
- Nationality: Israeli
- Movements: Bezalel school style
- Common media: Painting, Graphic art, Sculpture and modeling, Decorative art, Industrial design

## Portrait

![Zeev Raban](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Zeev_Raban_1930.jpg/1280px-Zeev_Raban_1930.jpg)
לשכת העיתונות הממשלתית · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeev_Raban_1930.jpg

## About Zeev Raban

Zeev Raban (1890–1970), also written Ze'ev Raban and born Wolf Rawicki or Ravitzki, was an Israeli artist whose documented practice included painting, decorative art, industrial design, graphic art, and sculpture. Public authority records connect his identity across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress. The collected biographical material associates him with the Bezalel school style and describes him as an important participant in the formation of Israeli art. His broad practice helps explain why collectors may encounter his name on works that do not fit a single fine-art category: an object may be pictorial, sculptural, decorative, or design-oriented. Name variants matter for entity matching because authority records preserve several transliterations and alternative forms. Appraisily therefore treats the artist identity separately from the attribution of any individual object. A signature or name alone should not be treated as proof that a work is authentic.

## Common works and media

Raban's documented practice encompasses paintings, graphic works, sculpture and modeling, decorative art, and industrial design. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with both fine-art objects and design-oriented material. The available sources do not establish the relative auction frequency of these categories or provide a cataloged list of recurring subjects, editions, or series.

## Market and appraisal context

Raban's documented activity across painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative art, and industrial design makes work type a central comparison filter. Name normalization is also important because public records use Zeev, Ze'ev, and other forms. A market review should begin by matching the artist identity and then comparing records within the same documented category and Bezalel-related context when available. The current source pack contains an Appraisily auction-page signal but no lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, edition data, or major-auction-house catalog entries. It therefore does not support price forecasts or claims that one category is more common or valuable than another. Public auction comparables should be evaluated only when their attribution and object type are sufficiently clear.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2035529
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500067633
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/77234867/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze'ev_Raban
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/zeev-raban/