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 321:

Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches and Prints – Book of Esther

Vendido por: $300
Precio inicial:
$ 300
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 25%
IVA: 17% IVA sólo en comisión
19/07/2022 en Kedem
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches and Prints – Book of Esther
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches and print proofs for the Book of Esther.
The collection includes: • six leaves with sketches of illustrations for the Book of Esther (ink and pencil on paper). Including a sketch of the title page of the Book of Esther published by "Miriam" in 1947 – with the stamp of Raban's studio. • 17 print proofs for the Book of Esther published by "Miriam" – various page borders depicting the megillah narrative. Some include the megillah text. • 16 identical print proofs of the title page illustration of the "Miriam" edition. • Small openwork plaque, presumably a stencil.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair condition.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.