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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), two sketches for sculptural ornaments. Pencil on paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Ze'ev Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem". Two sketches: • Shield-shaped, depicting a lion and a rosette. A similar rosette by Raban, called also "David's rose", can be seen on the King David Hotel façade (see: "Ze'ev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist", by Bat Sheva Goldman Idah. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Ben Zvi, 2001. p. 149). A Sheet folded in half, approx. 34.5X29 cm. Good condition. Creases, tears and minor stains. Matted. • Two stylized column capitals depicting Isaiah's vision, "And a wolf shall live with a lamb, and a leopard shall lie with a kid" (Isaiah 11:6). One depicts a leopard and a kid surrounded by bunches of grapes and vine tendrils; the second depicts a winged lamb and a wolf. Titled "Building Ornaments" (Hebrew). This sketch may have been part of the decoration plans for the YMCA building, some of which, especially the reliefs and sculptural ornaments, were entrusted to Raban. Approx. 28X47.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Pinholes. Small tears to edges. Matted.