Ze'ev Raban, sketch for a holocaust memorial plaque. Eretz Israel, [1949].
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Frame shaped as a prayer shawl; on the upper part appear two medallions: one with a memorial candle and a Shofar, the other with a shattered pillar and a jug. The central illustration portrays flames and a long snake with swastikas on its body; a Torah is seen on the floor. On the lower part are two large memorial candles. Inscription: "In memory of our relatives who were murdered, slaughtered, burnt and choked…" Verses handwritten in pencil appear on the borders and were meant to be integrated into the final version.
Ink-stamped "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem".
Literature: Ze'ev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist. Exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2001 (curator:Bat-Sheva Goldman Ida), pp 174-175; no. 226 (photographed).
Approx. 26X19 cm. Minor stains, creases and folding marks. Restored tears. Frame: 39.5X32.5 cm, not examined outside of the frame.

Ze'ev Raban, sketch, boys at the feet of their teachers.
Pencil on paper.
Stamped with an ink stamp: "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (former Gur-Arie and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem".
27X38 cm, Minor stains, folding marks. Frame: 36.5X47.5 cm, not examined outside of the frame.

Meir Gur-Arie, silhouette, drawing water from a well, from the series "HaChalutzim".
Paint on glass. Signed: "M.G.".
40.5X29 cm. Good condition. Minor paint flaking and stains. Frame: 42.5X31 cm.

Printing block used for printing "Abraham", [Eretz Israel], around 1910.
[Zinc]; wood.
This printing block was used for printing Ephraim Moses Lilien's famous print "Abraham". This work, as well as other works by Lilien, is in the style of "art novo". Abraham is depicted holding his shaft looking toward the sky, where a group of stylized stars are seen.
Width: 10cm, lengh: 12.5cm, thickness: 2.5cm.

Ceramic tile with an illustration of the Tower of David, created by the "Bezalel" ceramics department. [1920s].
Painted and glazed clay. Signed: "Ceramics Bezalel".
The Tower of David is illustrated in the center, in a round frame. On the lower part appears the inscription "Tower of David". Pomegranates and deer are illustrated on the tile's corners. In original wooden frame. Tile: 15.5X15.5 cm. Frame: 20X23 cm. Fair condition. Cracks. Breaks. Minor damages to frame.
A similar tile appears in "Tiles Decorate a City, Bezalel Ceramics in Tel-Aviv Homes, 1923-1929", by Batya Karmiel (Eretz Yisrael Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1996), p. 37 – illustration no. 24 d.