Lot 337
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Wine Labels / The Twelve Spies – Collection of Sketches and Prints
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches and prints.
Pencil and ink on paper; lithographs.
Ten leaves with sketches (some with several sketches) for labels of Carmel Oriental wine, for a medallion depicting the twelve spies, and more; two sheets with print proofs, some upside down; six final versions of printed wine labels. A label for the Chateau King Solomon wine of Carmel Oriental is photographed in "Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 109 (the Hebrew version of the label is included in the present collection).
Size and condition vary. Overall good 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.
