Lot 319
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.
