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 319:
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Leaves from Sketchbooks
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Leaves from Sketchbooks
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of leaves from two different sketchbooks.
Included: • Some 50 leaves, with numerous anatomical drawings – portraits, full body drawings and drawings of animals. These drawings were most probably made by Raban in the course of his studies; some bear notes in Polish (Raban's notes on sketches made during his time at Bezalel and in his studio were all in Hebrew or English). • Some 25 leaves, some cut, from a sketchbook used by Raban during his years of work at Bezalel and in his studio, with sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs and for other books and objects, including a sketch for the famous Torah ark designed by Raban at Bezalel (for of photograph of the Torah ark, see: " Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 15). • Additional leaves with various sketches.
First sketchbook: approx. 24.5X32.5 cm. Second sketchbook: approx. 26X31 cm. Overall fair-poor condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
