Lot 456
Avraham Haba - "Shabbat Kodesh" - Colorful Micrography on Parchment, after Ze'ev Raban
Micrography created by Avraham Haba. Israel, 1983.
The text: order of "Layl Shabbat" (Shalom Aleichem, Ribon Kol Ha'Olamim, Eshet Hayil, Azamer beShvachin, Kidush Layl Shabat, Menucha veSimcha, Ribon Olam). Written in a symmetric composition composed of two candlesticks with candles, two hands above the candlesticks, two Challahs, two grapevines with clusters of grapes, Kiddush Cup and the inscription "Shabbat Kodesh". Designed after a sketch by Ze'ev Raban, for an embroidered Shabbat tablecloth (See: Raban Remembered, Jerusalem's Forgotten Master, catalogue of an exhibition at "Yeshivah University, New-York, 1982, item 160).
28X22.5 cm. Inserted in a wood and glass display case with a magnifying glass in front.
