Subasta 87 Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture - Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Por Kedem
19.7.22
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

The present catalogue includes an extensive chapter dedicated to Bezalel artists, including illustrated books, various objects, drawing and paintings. This chapter features numerous original sketches for works by Ze'ev Raban - Raban's sketchbook (lot 318), sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs (lot 320), sketches of the signs of the Zodiac (lot 327), a large collection of photographs of works by Raban and Meir Gur Aryeh (lot 344), and many other unique items from the estate of Shlomo Kedmi, who succeeded Raban and Gur Aryeh in the Industrial Art Studio.

The chapter dedicated to Hebrew children's books features charming works by prominent writers and illustrators: stories by Benzion Raskin illustrated by Uriel Kahana, Chaim Hanft and Haim Goldberg; poems by Itzhak Katzenelson illustrated by Gertrud Caspari; rhymes by Ya'akov David Kamson illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor; children's book published by "Omanut", with color lithograph illustrations by "Chavurat Tsayarim" (Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov and Higer); pop-up books illustrated by David Gilboa; and other rare books.

The avant-garde chapter features Yiiddish, Hebrew and Russian books, with illustrations and cover-designs by important Russian avant-garde artists such as El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Issachar Ber Ryback, Mark Epstein and Nathan Altman.

The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism, bibliophile works, letters, travelogues and maps of Palestine, photographs, postcards, rare Ladino periodicals, works by Safed-based artist Yosef Zvi Geiger, bibliophile works, a chapter dedicated to numismatics, and many more items.


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LOTE 311:

Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951) – Eleven Prints

Vendido por: $480
Precio inicial:
$ 400
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 25%
IVA: 17% IVA sólo en comisión
19/07/2022 en Kedem
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Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951) – Eleven Prints
Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951), 11 prints (most of them etchings), signed in pencil.
Included: • Portraits of Ben-Yehuda, Tchernichovsky and Bialik. • Portrait of a Yemenite boy (inscribed by Gur-Aryeh; inscription dated "Pesach 1945"). • Pioneers dancing Hora. • Jews praying at the Western Wall. • Roses (two copies of the etching, colored). • And more.
All prints are signed in pencil by Gur Aryeh.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.