Lot 356
Twelve Prints on Fabric - "Bezalel"
Twelve prints on fabric made using a stencil. "Bezalel" or "Bezalel" style, Jerusalem, [ca. 1920s-1930s].
1-2. Two prints on light-colored canvas: "Hora" (after silhouette by Meir Gur-Arie) and "Arab Shepherd" (with Rachel's Tomb in the background).
3-6. Four prints on black velvet: portrait of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, with the Hebrew inscription "In the Beginning was - the Nation"; portrait of Yosef Trumpeldor, with the Hebrew inscription, "Never Mind! It is Good to Die for Our Country" [according to legend, his last words]; portrait of Theodor Herzl with the Hebrew inscription, "If you Will it - It is no Dream"; Portrait of Haim Arlozorov (without inscription).
7-12. Six prints on black velvet: "Shepherd", "Rachel", "Jerusalem" (the Dome of the Rock), "Ancient Plowing", "Tower of David", "The Reaper". Five are marked "Bezalel Jerusalem".
The catalogue of the exhibition "Schatz's Bezalel" (1982) notes that most of the fabric works were made in the workshop of Michael Filmus (1892-1965), who worked at Bezalel in 1911-1916, founded the "Tamar" workshop for batik (etching) on metal, and engaged in printing on fabric.
Size varies, approx. 17X29 cm to 40X50 cm. Each print is framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
