Lot 341
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches for Logos – The Hebrew University, Friends of the Hebrew University, and More
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for logos of the Hebrew University, Friends of the Hebrew University, and more.
Ink and pencil on paper.
• Ten different sketches – proposals for logos of the Hebrew University. Most bear the motto "Acquire truth". Some are marked Gal-Ed and some are signed with a drawing of a small fish. • Eleven sketches for pins (or perhaps also for a logo) of the Friends of the Hebrew University. • Sketch for a pin "For Devotion to Hadassah". The pin was produced by Bezalel and presented to Hadassa activists.
The present sketches are not signed. Other sketches by Raban for the Hebrew University logo, also bearing the words Gal-Ed or signed with a drawing of a fish, were stamped "Z. Raban, Industrial Art Studio (Formerly Gur-Aryeh & Raban)"; see Kedem auction 60, item 317. A pin similar (though not identical) to one of the sketches was produced by Shmuel Kretchmer for the Friends of the Hebrew University.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
