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 330:
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches for Hanukkah Lamps – Sharar, Zel-Zion and More / Sketch for ...
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches for Hanukkah Lamps – Sharar, Zel-Zion and More / Sketch for Triptych Depicting Matityahu and His Five Sons
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), seven sketches for various Hanukkah lamps, including sketches for the Sharar group and for Zel-Zion.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Included: • Sketch for a Hanukkah lamp with a depiction of Aaron the High Priest lighting the menorah on the backplate. Captioned in the corner: "for Sharar". The sketch is similar to the version which was ultimately produced. See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 78 item 82. • Two sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp decorated with gazelles, for Zel-Zion; one of them with a brief letter from Ze'ev Raban to Zohar Zel-Zion, wner of the company. • Two additional sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp, very similar to the sketches produced for Zel-Zion, though decorated with lions instead of gazelles. • Color sketch for a Hanukkah lamp decorated with vines, lions and Tablets of the Law, for Zel-Zion, also inscribed with several sentences addressed to Zohar Zel-Zion. See: Lighting the Way to Freedom, item 133; the lamp is not attributed there to Raban. • Sketch for an upright filigree Hanukkah lamp, in the classic Bezalel style. Stamped "Industrial Art Studio M. Gur Aryeh & Z. Raban, Bezalel Jerusalem ".
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: Sketch for a triptych depicting Matityahu and his five sons. A finished version of the sketch was sold by Tiroche Auction House, auction 168 item 6, and is documented in the Information Center for Israeli Art of the Israel Museum. • Sketch for the inscription on the Memorial Wall for Zvi Kalir at the Beit Zvi school for the Performing Arts established in his memory.
Literature: Aaron Ha'Tell and Yaniv Ben Or, Lighting the Way to Freedom, Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel. Jerusalem and New York: Devora Publishing, 2006.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
