Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
Displaying 1 - 12 of 93
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $15,000
Unsold
Eleven Artist's Books of Israeli artists. Printed and published in very limited editions of exceptional quality by Jacob Samuel, Santa Monica, California, 1988-1996. Artist's signature appears in the colophon on the last page of each book.
* Moshe Kupferman, First Test, 1988. Eight soft-ground etchings. Numbered: 6/10.
* Pinchas Cohen Gan, Picture Grammar, 1990. Eight soft-ground and dry needle etchings. Numbered: 2/8.
* Moshe Gershuni, There, 1990. Seven aquatint etchings – white on black, printed on green silk paper. Numbered: 4/7.
*Moshe Gershuni, Farewell, 1991. Eight soft wax etchings printed on Japanese paper. Numbered: 5/13.
* Michael Gitlin, Point of Departure, 1991. Eight soft wax and aquatint etchings. Numbered: 16/20.
*Nahum Tevet, Painting Lesson, 1992. Eight photographic etchings. Numbered: 8/10.
* Tsibi Geva, Keffiyeh, 1992. Eight soft-ground and aquatint etchings – white on black, printed on silk paper. Numbered: 9/13.
* Micha Ullman, Letters, 1992. Ten soft-ground etchings. Numbered: 8/18.
* Tamar Getter, History Lessons, 1993. Eight soft-ground etchings printed on green silk paper. Numbered: 6/10.
* Moshe Gershuni, Coming Home, 1993. Eight aquatint and acid etchings. Numbered: 1/9.
* Philip Rantzer, Sometimes, Not All the Time, 1996. Seven soft-ground and aquatint etchings printed on thin corn paper. Numbered: 1/9.
The Artist's Books presented here include different techniques of etching: soft-ground etchings, aquatint etchings and photographic etchings. Plates were prepared in the workshop of Master Printer Jacob Samuel in Israel and printed in Santa Monica, California. The books are bound in artistic bindings, some cloth-covered and one made of wood, and are contained in fine cases.
The eleven books were exhibited in the exhibition "Book Obsession" in the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Edna Moshenzon, April-July 1997). The exhibition catalogue is enclosed.
Jacob Samuel (b. 1951), native of Los Angeles. Specialized in etching in the workshop of the American artist Sam Francis in California and was involved with design, printing and publishing books in the publishing house which he founded.
"The library thus accumulated by Jacob Samuel comprises a few dozen volumes. These are artists' or artists'/printers' books, depending on one's definition, containing etchings by American, Israeli, and a few European painters and sculptors, selected for publication by Samuel according to his personal taste and artistic orientation. The books, published in limited editions, are as fastidious in the selection of artists as in the type and quality of the printmaking technique, the choice of paper and typeface, bookbinding and cover design.
Samuel's involvement in the joint venture of publishing artists' books sprang from an urge to delve deeper into the work of these artist. This was also how he embarked on the series of Israeli artists' books. Frequent visits to this country enabled Samuel to meet with local artists and become familiar with their work; the resulting dialogue traces a process of acquaintance with an artistic and cultural milieu that attracts and intrigues him…And indeed, the books published by Samuel throughout the years generate a fascinating discourse among the various artists. The book, in its combined capacity as transmitter of information and portable object, thus becomes a metaphoric expression of the quest to span a bridge between separate places and ideas."
From: "I Present my Library" by Edna Moshenzon. From: "Book Obsession" exhibition catalogue, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, 1997.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
* Moshe Kupferman, First Test, 1988. Eight soft-ground etchings. Numbered: 6/10.
* Pinchas Cohen Gan, Picture Grammar, 1990. Eight soft-ground and dry needle etchings. Numbered: 2/8.
* Moshe Gershuni, There, 1990. Seven aquatint etchings – white on black, printed on green silk paper. Numbered: 4/7.
*Moshe Gershuni, Farewell, 1991. Eight soft wax etchings printed on Japanese paper. Numbered: 5/13.
* Michael Gitlin, Point of Departure, 1991. Eight soft wax and aquatint etchings. Numbered: 16/20.
*Nahum Tevet, Painting Lesson, 1992. Eight photographic etchings. Numbered: 8/10.
* Tsibi Geva, Keffiyeh, 1992. Eight soft-ground and aquatint etchings – white on black, printed on silk paper. Numbered: 9/13.
* Micha Ullman, Letters, 1992. Ten soft-ground etchings. Numbered: 8/18.
* Tamar Getter, History Lessons, 1993. Eight soft-ground etchings printed on green silk paper. Numbered: 6/10.
* Moshe Gershuni, Coming Home, 1993. Eight aquatint and acid etchings. Numbered: 1/9.
* Philip Rantzer, Sometimes, Not All the Time, 1996. Seven soft-ground and aquatint etchings printed on thin corn paper. Numbered: 1/9.
The Artist's Books presented here include different techniques of etching: soft-ground etchings, aquatint etchings and photographic etchings. Plates were prepared in the workshop of Master Printer Jacob Samuel in Israel and printed in Santa Monica, California. The books are bound in artistic bindings, some cloth-covered and one made of wood, and are contained in fine cases.
The eleven books were exhibited in the exhibition "Book Obsession" in the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Edna Moshenzon, April-July 1997). The exhibition catalogue is enclosed.
Jacob Samuel (b. 1951), native of Los Angeles. Specialized in etching in the workshop of the American artist Sam Francis in California and was involved with design, printing and publishing books in the publishing house which he founded.
"The library thus accumulated by Jacob Samuel comprises a few dozen volumes. These are artists' or artists'/printers' books, depending on one's definition, containing etchings by American, Israeli, and a few European painters and sculptors, selected for publication by Samuel according to his personal taste and artistic orientation. The books, published in limited editions, are as fastidious in the selection of artists as in the type and quality of the printmaking technique, the choice of paper and typeface, bookbinding and cover design.
Samuel's involvement in the joint venture of publishing artists' books sprang from an urge to delve deeper into the work of these artist. This was also how he embarked on the series of Israeli artists' books. Frequent visits to this country enabled Samuel to meet with local artists and become familiar with their work; the resulting dialogue traces a process of acquaintance with an artistic and cultural milieu that attracts and intrigues him…And indeed, the books published by Samuel throughout the years generate a fascinating discourse among the various artists. The book, in its combined capacity as transmitter of information and portable object, thus becomes a metaphoric expression of the quest to span a bridge between separate places and ideas."
From: "I Present my Library" by Edna Moshenzon. From: "Book Obsession" exhibition catalogue, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, 1997.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Agam Rainbow Torah. Pentateuch, with English translation. "Gefen" publishing, 1992. Binding created by Yaacov Agam.
The Pentateuch. Remarkable binding in rainbow colors – silk print – created by Yaacov Agam. A three dimensional design on the front.
The book is housed in a Plexiglas box, thus resembling the "Agamographs" of Agam. Copy no. 360 from an edition of 750 signed and numbered copies. Binding is signed by Agam. Attached is a certificate of authenticity by "Gefen" gallery. Binding 22X28 cm, box 34x40 cm. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
The Pentateuch. Remarkable binding in rainbow colors – silk print – created by Yaacov Agam. A three dimensional design on the front.
The book is housed in a Plexiglas box, thus resembling the "Agamographs" of Agam. Copy no. 360 from an edition of 750 signed and numbered copies. Binding is signed by Agam. Attached is a certificate of authenticity by "Gefen" gallery. Binding 22X28 cm, box 34x40 cm. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $200
Unsold
Khen Shish 1206-1. Numbered: 7/30 and signed by Shish, 2010.
Photographs of works by Khen Shish, exhibited in various exhibitions: "The Maiden and the Crow", Tel-Aviv Museum, 2008; "Nerves Sing", Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2008; "Eagles", Herzlia Art Museum, 2010; "In the Black Distance", Ashdod Art Museum, 2010.
Color photographs, printed on thick paper. 23 plates, 22X18 cm. Tied with a red ribbon. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Photographs of works by Khen Shish, exhibited in various exhibitions: "The Maiden and the Crow", Tel-Aviv Museum, 2008; "Nerves Sing", Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2008; "Eagles", Herzlia Art Museum, 2010; "In the Black Distance", Ashdod Art Museum, 2010.
Color photographs, printed on thick paper. 23 plates, 22X18 cm. Tied with a red ribbon. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $2,625
Including buyer's premium
Aachen Passover Haggadah. Writing and illustration: Zoya Cherkassky. Rosenfeld Gallery publishing, Tel-Aviv, 2004.
"Aachen Passover Haggadah", 50 silkscreens. Reproduction of the original Haggadah created by the artist Zoya Cherkassky (b. 1976).
Title page and all of the prints are signed and numbered by Cherkassky: 36/150.
The illustrations of the "Aachen Passover Haggadah" (named after the German city of Aachen on the border with Holland and Belgium) - portray impressive graphic designs in red, black and gold – and are inspired by Jewish images, the Russian Avant-garde and anti-Semitic images. Throughout the Haggadah appear images of birds; their head is a Jewish head wearing a Streimel. These illustrations resemble the ones appearing in the "Birds Heads Haggadah" of the Middle Ages and anti- Semitic illustrations.
The Haggadah was written and illustrated by Cherkassky in 2002 during her stay in Aachen in an artists' exchange program.The Haggadah was exhibited in the Rosenfeld Gallery in Tel-Aviv and was acquired by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. [51] leaves, 40X30 cm. In a cloth covered box, hand-made by the binder Daniel Blum. Very good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
"Aachen Passover Haggadah", 50 silkscreens. Reproduction of the original Haggadah created by the artist Zoya Cherkassky (b. 1976).
Title page and all of the prints are signed and numbered by Cherkassky: 36/150.
The illustrations of the "Aachen Passover Haggadah" (named after the German city of Aachen on the border with Holland and Belgium) - portray impressive graphic designs in red, black and gold – and are inspired by Jewish images, the Russian Avant-garde and anti-Semitic images. Throughout the Haggadah appear images of birds; their head is a Jewish head wearing a Streimel. These illustrations resemble the ones appearing in the "Birds Heads Haggadah" of the Middle Ages and anti- Semitic illustrations.
The Haggadah was written and illustrated by Cherkassky in 2002 during her stay in Aachen in an artists' exchange program.The Haggadah was exhibited in the Rosenfeld Gallery in Tel-Aviv and was acquired by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. [51] leaves, 40X30 cm. In a cloth covered box, hand-made by the binder Daniel Blum. Very good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $400
Unsold
Uri Lifschitz, etchings and lithographs 1963-1985. Editor: Yesha'ayahu Yariv. Tel-Aviv: Gordon Gallery, 1986. Hebrew and English.
Catalogue of "Etchings and Lithographs 1963-1985" exhibition, an extensive exhibition of the graphic works of Uri Lifschitz, exhibited in Gordon Gallery in Tel-Aviv, 1985. First copy, signed and numbered, from a "Special, remarkable, edition of 8 copies", with two original etchings, numbered and signed by Lifschitz (1/100) and bound in a leather binding with an engraved golden plaque on its center.
56 pp, [69] plates, [3] leaves, XXVII pp, 30 cm. Good condition. In a cloth-backed slipcase.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Catalogue of "Etchings and Lithographs 1963-1985" exhibition, an extensive exhibition of the graphic works of Uri Lifschitz, exhibited in Gordon Gallery in Tel-Aviv, 1985. First copy, signed and numbered, from a "Special, remarkable, edition of 8 copies", with two original etchings, numbered and signed by Lifschitz (1/100) and bound in a leather binding with an engraved golden plaque on its center.
56 pp, [69] plates, [3] leaves, XXVII pp, 30 cm. Good condition. In a cloth-backed slipcase.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
A Coat Made of Wind, by Arturo Schwarz. Published by the Genia Schreiber Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, 1994. English. Numbered: 18/30 and signed by Arturo Schwarz.
A dozen poems by Arturo Schwarz, with an illustration by Ofer Lellouche. Attached is an original etching by Ofer Lellouche, signed and numbered 18/40. [11] leaves, [1] etching, 24 cm. Very good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
A dozen poems by Arturo Schwarz, with an illustration by Ofer Lellouche. Attached is an original etching by Ofer Lellouche, signed and numbered 18/40. [11] leaves, [1] etching, 24 cm. Very good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
L'Issue, Samuel Beckett. Six gravures originales de Arikha. Paris: Les Editions Georges Visat, 1968. French. Numbered: 113/154.
L'Issue, a short passage from "The Lost Ones" by Samuel Beckett. The text is accompanied by six etchings by Avigdor Arikha – abstract drawings, in black and white with touches of color, signed in pencil by Arikha. 25, [3] pp, 29 cm. Good condition. Heavy paper of fine quality. Separate sheets in a folder.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
L'Issue, a short passage from "The Lost Ones" by Samuel Beckett. The text is accompanied by six etchings by Avigdor Arikha – abstract drawings, in black and white with touches of color, signed in pencil by Arikha. 25, [3] pp, 29 cm. Good condition. Heavy paper of fine quality. Separate sheets in a folder.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Time Constructs my Core, Nechami Druck. “Even Hoshen” Publishers, Raanana, 2006.
The twenty-sixth book in a series of poetry books "Pitda" (Topaz). Printed in a limited edition of 50 copies, accompanied by an original etching by the artist Israel Hershberg, printed at the print workshop located in Kibbutz Cabri. This copy is numbered 26 and it is signed in the colophon by the poet and bound in a binding made by Ido Agassi. The etching is signed, dated (2005) and numbered by Hershberg. 76, [2], p, 25X21 cm. Etching: 20x16 cm. Very good condition.
Source: Arnie Druck Collection.
The twenty-sixth book in a series of poetry books "Pitda" (Topaz). Printed in a limited edition of 50 copies, accompanied by an original etching by the artist Israel Hershberg, printed at the print workshop located in Kibbutz Cabri. This copy is numbered 26 and it is signed in the colophon by the poet and bound in a binding made by Ido Agassi. The etching is signed, dated (2005) and numbered by Hershberg. 76, [2], p, 25X21 cm. Etching: 20x16 cm. Very good condition.
Source: Arnie Druck Collection.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Moshe Gershuni, thirteen etchings for poems by Chaim Nachman Bialik. Dan Miron:
assisted with the selection of poems and composed the introduction. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Print Workshop, 1987.
Thirteen etchings by Moshe Gershuni accompanying thirteen poems by Chaim Nachman Bialik. Titles of poems designed by Franceska Baruch and initial letters by Joseph Budko. One poem was handwritten by Gershuni and printed in screenprinting. Numbered edition: 18/50. All of the etchings are signed and numbered by Gershuni.
Attached is a catalogue of an exhibition held in 1988 in the Tel-Aviv Museum [curator: Edna Moshensohn] which is a reproduction of the album (published by the Tel-Aviv Art Museum, "Dvir" and the Jerusalem Print Workshop). [14] sheets, 38X53 cm, folded into two, in a cardboard box by Yehuda Miklaf. Very good condition.
Origin: Arnie Druck collection
assisted with the selection of poems and composed the introduction. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Print Workshop, 1987.
Thirteen etchings by Moshe Gershuni accompanying thirteen poems by Chaim Nachman Bialik. Titles of poems designed by Franceska Baruch and initial letters by Joseph Budko. One poem was handwritten by Gershuni and printed in screenprinting. Numbered edition: 18/50. All of the etchings are signed and numbered by Gershuni.
Attached is a catalogue of an exhibition held in 1988 in the Tel-Aviv Museum [curator: Edna Moshensohn] which is a reproduction of the album (published by the Tel-Aviv Art Museum, "Dvir" and the Jerusalem Print Workshop). [14] sheets, 38X53 cm, folded into two, in a cardboard box by Yehuda Miklaf. Very good condition.
Origin: Arnie Druck collection
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Kaddish, Allen Ginsberg. Hebrew: Nathan Zach, prints: Moshe Gershuni. "Harel" publishing, Jaffa, 1997.
Twenty four original silkscreens, printed on a gilded metal sheet, created by Moshe Gershuni. The prints accompany the poem "Kaddish" by Allen Ginsberg. The poem is printed in the original English version with a translation into Hebrew by Nathan Zach. All of the prints are signed and numbered by Moshe Gershuni: 18/48. [26] sheets: 65X50 cm, folded into two. Placed in a box: 35X54 cm. Very good condition.
Origin: Arnie Druck collection
Twenty four original silkscreens, printed on a gilded metal sheet, created by Moshe Gershuni. The prints accompany the poem "Kaddish" by Allen Ginsberg. The poem is printed in the original English version with a translation into Hebrew by Nathan Zach. All of the prints are signed and numbered by Moshe Gershuni: 18/48. [26] sheets: 65X50 cm, folded into two. Placed in a box: 35X54 cm. Very good condition.
Origin: Arnie Druck collection
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
![Todesfuge [Death Fugue], by Paul Celan. Jaffa: "Harel", 1995. German. Numbered: 18/35.
The monumental poem "De](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale34-public/104.jpg "\"Death Fugue\" by Paul Celan – Etchings by Yigal Tumarkin")
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Todesfuge [Death Fugue], by Paul Celan. Jaffa: "Harel", 1995. German. Numbered: 18/35.
The monumental poem "Death Fugue" by Paul Celan (German original version), accompanied by five remarkable etchings by Yigal Tumarkin, created using a technique combining photographic etching and drypoint. All of the five etchings are signed and numbered by Tumarkin. [17] leaves, not bound, 38.5 cm. In a cloth covered binder and a matching slipcase.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
The monumental poem "Death Fugue" by Paul Celan (German original version), accompanied by five remarkable etchings by Yigal Tumarkin, created using a technique combining photographic etching and drypoint. All of the five etchings are signed and numbered by Tumarkin. [17] leaves, not bound, 38.5 cm. In a cloth covered binder and a matching slipcase.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue
Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
November 20, 2013
Opening: $250
Unsold
Ma'asse HaYam, Chronikat Perush, by Michal Govrin. Etchings by Liliane Klapisch. Jaffa: "Harel", 1998.
"Ma'asse HaYam, Chronikat Perush" by Michal Govrin. A travel journal starting in Rio De Janiero and ending in Jerusalem. The "Journal" is written in the central column on the leaf, surrounded by interpretations (passages of poetry, philosophy, citations from dictionaries or Jewish sources and illustrations) resembling a Talmudic page. The book is accompanied by eleven original copper etchings by Liliane Klapisch, made using a combined technique of aquatint, soft-ground and drypoint. The etchings are signed 18/78 and signed by Klapisch.
[8], 57, [5] pp, 38 cm. Good condition. Printed on thick paper and contained in a cardboard slipcase.
Attached is the book "Ma'asse HaYam, Chronikat Perush" published by "Carmel", Jerusalem, 2000. A dedication by the author appears on the first leaf.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
"Ma'asse HaYam, Chronikat Perush" by Michal Govrin. A travel journal starting in Rio De Janiero and ending in Jerusalem. The "Journal" is written in the central column on the leaf, surrounded by interpretations (passages of poetry, philosophy, citations from dictionaries or Jewish sources and illustrations) resembling a Talmudic page. The book is accompanied by eleven original copper etchings by Liliane Klapisch, made using a combined technique of aquatint, soft-ground and drypoint. The etchings are signed 18/78 and signed by Klapisch.
[8], 57, [5] pp, 38 cm. Good condition. Printed on thick paper and contained in a cardboard slipcase.
Attached is the book "Ma'asse HaYam, Chronikat Perush" published by "Carmel", Jerusalem, 2000. A dedication by the author appears on the first leaf.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Category
Artist's Books. Facsimiles. Bibliophilia
Catalogue