Lot 171
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Palm Tree – Sketch for a Stained-Glass Window at the YMCA Building – Early 1930s
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), Palm Tree, sketch for a stained-glass window at the YMCA building, [early 1930s]. Pencil on tracing paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem". The triple stained-glass window planned by Raban (one panel of which is seen in this sketch) was eventually not erected. A color sketch depicting all three panels of the planned triptych, in their proposed complete state, is held in the collection of the Israel Museum.
Approx. 71X20 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases, closed and open tears (some repaired). Matted.
