Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of leaves from two different sketchbooks.
Included: • Some 50 leaves, with numerous anatomical drawings – portraits, full body drawings and drawings of animals. These drawings were most probably made by Raban in the course of his studies; some bear notes in Polish (Raban's notes on sketches made during his time at Bezalel and in his studio were all in Hebrew or English). • Some 25 leaves, some cut, from a sketchbook used by Raban during his years of work at Bezalel and in his studio, with sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs and for other books and objects, including a sketch for the famous Torah ark designed by Raban at Bezalel (for of photograph of the Torah ark, see: " Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 15). • Additional leaves with various sketches.
First sketchbook: approx. 24.5X32.5 cm. Second sketchbook: approx. 26X31 cm. Overall fair-poor condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Included: • Some 50 leaves, with numerous anatomical drawings – portraits, full body drawings and drawings of animals. These drawings were most probably made by Raban in the course of his studies; some bear notes in Polish (Raban's notes on sketches made during his time at Bezalel and in his studio were all in Hebrew or English). • Some 25 leaves, some cut, from a sketchbook used by Raban during his years of work at Bezalel and in his studio, with sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs and for other books and objects, including a sketch for the famous Torah ark designed by Raban at Bezalel (for of photograph of the Torah ark, see: " Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 15). • Additional leaves with various sketches.
First sketchbook: approx. 24.5X32.5 cm. Second sketchbook: approx. 26X31 cm. Overall fair-poor condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches and proofs for the Song of Songs.
• Approx. thirteen sketches (some double-sided) for various editions of the Song of Songs illustrated and decorated by Ze'ev Raban (Hebrew, English and German). Pencil and ink on paper. Some bear Raban's stamp, or the stamp of the Industrial Art Studio. • Approx. 20 proofs of illustrations (including duplicate copies), two with printing instructions handwritten by Raban.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
• Approx. thirteen sketches (some double-sided) for various editions of the Song of Songs illustrated and decorated by Ze'ev Raban (Hebrew, English and German). Pencil and ink on paper. Some bear Raban's stamp, or the stamp of the Industrial Art Studio. • Approx. 20 proofs of illustrations (including duplicate copies), two with printing instructions handwritten by Raban.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches and print proofs for the Book of Esther.
The collection includes: • six leaves with sketches of illustrations for the Book of Esther (ink and pencil on paper). Including a sketch of the title page of the Book of Esther published by "Miriam" in 1947 – with the stamp of Raban's studio. • 17 print proofs for the Book of Esther published by "Miriam" – various page borders depicting the megillah narrative. Some include the megillah text. • 16 identical print proofs of the title page illustration of the "Miriam" edition. • Small openwork plaque, presumably a stencil.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair condition.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
The collection includes: • six leaves with sketches of illustrations for the Book of Esther (ink and pencil on paper). Including a sketch of the title page of the Book of Esther published by "Miriam" in 1947 – with the stamp of Raban's studio. • 17 print proofs for the Book of Esther published by "Miriam" – various page borders depicting the megillah narrative. Some include the megillah text. • 16 identical print proofs of the title page illustration of the "Miriam" edition. • Small openwork plaque, presumably a stencil.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair condition.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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![Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Book of Ruth. [Jerusalem, 1930].
Ink and pencil on paper.
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Ink and pencil on paper.
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Ink and pencil on paper.
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![Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Book of Ruth. [Jerusalem, 1930].
Ink and pencil on paper.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Book of Ruth. [Jerusalem, 1930].
Ink and pencil on paper.
Six sketches for the Book of Ruth illustrated by Raban. Three on tracing paper; one of them, larger than the others, on gold paper. A more detailed version of one of the sketches is photographed in "Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 124.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Closed and open tears to edges. Stains.
Enclosed: commercial sketch, presumably for a label, inscribed "Israel 200", with a depiction of the biblical Ruth.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper.
Six sketches for the Book of Ruth illustrated by Raban. Three on tracing paper; one of them, larger than the others, on gold paper. A more detailed version of one of the sketches is photographed in "Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 124.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Closed and open tears to edges. Stains.
Enclosed: commercial sketch, presumably for a label, inscribed "Israel 200", with a depiction of the biblical Ruth.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Book of Job.
Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper. Notations in margins of some sketches.
In 1942, Ze'ev Raban produced a series of illustrations to the Book of Job for a British officer who lost his son. The book was handwritten on parchment and bound in a silver binding, also designed by Raban. In 1967, a printed edition of the Book of Job with Raban's illustrations was published (Sinai Publishing).
The present collection includes: • Six miniature sketches for vignettes decorating the silver binding. Placed in an official British, "On his Majesty's Service'' envelope
addressed to Raban's studio. • Six small watercolor sketches for illustrations. • Some fourteen pencil and ink sketches for illustrations, mostly small, ten of then on tracing paper. • List of the illustrations, handwritten by Raban.
Enclosed: Prints of the twelve illustrations featured in the 1967 edition of the Book of Job.
Sketches for binding: approx. 2.5X2.5 cm. Sketches for illustrations: approx. 7X7 cm. Prints: 15X15 cm. Overall good condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. pp. 166-169.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper. Notations in margins of some sketches.
In 1942, Ze'ev Raban produced a series of illustrations to the Book of Job for a British officer who lost his son. The book was handwritten on parchment and bound in a silver binding, also designed by Raban. In 1967, a printed edition of the Book of Job with Raban's illustrations was published (Sinai Publishing).
The present collection includes: • Six miniature sketches for vignettes decorating the silver binding. Placed in an official British, "On his Majesty's Service'' envelope
addressed to Raban's studio. • Six small watercolor sketches for illustrations. • Some fourteen pencil and ink sketches for illustrations, mostly small, ten of then on tracing paper. • List of the illustrations, handwritten by Raban.
Enclosed: Prints of the twelve illustrations featured in the 1967 edition of the Book of Job.
Sketches for binding: approx. 2.5X2.5 cm. Sketches for illustrations: approx. 7X7 cm. Prints: 15X15 cm. Overall good condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. pp. 166-169.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Passover Haggadah.
Ink and pencil on paper.
In 1925, Raban worked on a Passover Haggadah (spending a month in Egypt in preparation for his work). The main text was written by a scribe, with Raban adding illustrations, vignettes and decorative initial word panels. He did not however complete the work. Beginning in the 1950s, several editions of the Haggadah with black and white illustrations by Raban were published. In 2005, a color version was published based on Raban's work from 1925, with the addition of later illustrations.
The collection includes: • Various sketches of title pages for the Haggadah. • Sketches for illustrations of the Ten Plagues. • Sketches for the Chad Gadya song. One of the sketches depicts an elderly father carrying a kid, with his young son alongside him; the scene is set in a border of blank medallions. A similar bronze plaque, depicted the same scene surrounded by medallion, was created by Raban ca. 1914 (see: Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 68). Similar illustrations appear in Raban's Passover Haggadah and in Raban's Chad Gadya (published by Bnei Bezalel, 1926). An additional sketch (on tracing paper), likewise depicting a father carrying a kid, accompanied by his son, features the portraits of Herzl and Zvi Hermann Schapira.
Several sketches bear the stamp of Raban's studio.
13 leaves. Size and condition vary.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper.
In 1925, Raban worked on a Passover Haggadah (spending a month in Egypt in preparation for his work). The main text was written by a scribe, with Raban adding illustrations, vignettes and decorative initial word panels. He did not however complete the work. Beginning in the 1950s, several editions of the Haggadah with black and white illustrations by Raban were published. In 2005, a color version was published based on Raban's work from 1925, with the addition of later illustrations.
The collection includes: • Various sketches of title pages for the Haggadah. • Sketches for illustrations of the Ten Plagues. • Sketches for the Chad Gadya song. One of the sketches depicts an elderly father carrying a kid, with his young son alongside him; the scene is set in a border of blank medallions. A similar bronze plaque, depicted the same scene surrounded by medallion, was created by Raban ca. 1914 (see: Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 68). Similar illustrations appear in Raban's Passover Haggadah and in Raban's Chad Gadya (published by Bnei Bezalel, 1926). An additional sketch (on tracing paper), likewise depicting a father carrying a kid, accompanied by his son, features the portraits of Herzl and Zvi Hermann Schapira.
Several sketches bear the stamp of Raban's studio.
13 leaves. Size and condition vary.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), large collection of sketches for book ornaments, title pages and illustrations.
Some 90 leaves with sketches, most of them unfinished, for book illustrations, title pages, book ornaments and bindings. Included: • Illustrations for the Song of Songs. • Sketches for the binding and illustrations of a Bible edition. • Illustrations for the legends of King Solomon. • Title pages for books such as "MiMartef HaOlam" by Shraga Kadari (published 1936), "Revid HaZahav" (published 1955), "Minchat Erev HaShalem" siddur (published 1956) and "Sefer HaChaim" of the Rothschild Hospital. • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Some 90 leaves with sketches, most of them unfinished, for book illustrations, title pages, book ornaments and bindings. Included: • Illustrations for the Song of Songs. • Sketches for the binding and illustrations of a Bible edition. • Illustrations for the legends of King Solomon. • Title pages for books such as "MiMartef HaOlam" by Shraga Kadari (published 1936), "Revid HaZahav" (published 1955), "Minchat Erev HaShalem" siddur (published 1956) and "Sefer HaChaim" of the Rothschild Hospital. • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), sketches for two different series of playing cards – Biblical figures and figures from the history of Arabia and Islam. Jerusalem, [ca. 1920].
Ink and pencil on paper and tracing paper. Some leaves stamped "Z. Raban, Industrial Art Studio (Formerly Gur-Aryeh & Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Some 24 leaves with sketches for playing cards. Many of them depict a few figures, and some are two-sided. The cards were published in 1920 in two different series – Biblical figures and figures from the history of Arabia and Islam. among the figures depicte: Saul (?), Jonathan, Bathsheba, Absalom, Solomon, Queen Sheba, Ashmedai, Esther, Harbonah and Judith; Antarah ibn Shaddad, al-Khansāʾ, Harūn al-Rashīd, Rostam, Abū Nuwās, Scheherazade, Khosrow, Hatim al-Tai, Al-Zeir Abu Layla al-Muhalhel Adi ibn Rabia', al-Nu'man. Some sketches show figures not included in the two series of cards published in 1920: Adam and Eve, Rebecca, and others.
24 leaves. Size and condition vary.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. Pp. 129-132.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper and tracing paper. Some leaves stamped "Z. Raban, Industrial Art Studio (Formerly Gur-Aryeh & Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Some 24 leaves with sketches for playing cards. Many of them depict a few figures, and some are two-sided. The cards were published in 1920 in two different series – Biblical figures and figures from the history of Arabia and Islam. among the figures depicte: Saul (?), Jonathan, Bathsheba, Absalom, Solomon, Queen Sheba, Ashmedai, Esther, Harbonah and Judith; Antarah ibn Shaddad, al-Khansāʾ, Harūn al-Rashīd, Rostam, Abū Nuwās, Scheherazade, Khosrow, Hatim al-Tai, Al-Zeir Abu Layla al-Muhalhel Adi ibn Rabia', al-Nu'man. Some sketches show figures not included in the two series of cards published in 1920: Adam and Eve, Rebecca, and others.
24 leaves. Size and condition vary.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. Pp. 129-132.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), large collection of sketches for the signs of the Zodiac.
Ink and pencil on paper.
Approx. 70 leaves, some double-sided, some folded, and many of them comprising numerous sketches. The signs repeat themselves in various versions and styles; some are depicted as silhouettes, a technique usually employed by Raban's partner, Meir Gur Aryeh – thought in Raban's decorative style.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper.
Approx. 70 leaves, some double-sided, some folded, and many of them comprising numerous sketches. The signs repeat themselves in various versions and styles; some are depicted as silhouettes, a technique usually employed by Raban's partner, Meir Gur Aryeh – thought in Raban's decorative style.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the symbols of the twelve tribes.
Ink and pencil on paper.
Approx. 100 sketches for symbols of the twelve tribes, in a variety of versions. The symbols of the tribes were incorporated in various works by Raban – in his illustrations to the Song of Songs, in stained glass windows he designed for the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, in ceramics tiles (for instance for the Moshav Zekenim synagogue in Tel Aviv), on the doors of the Bikur Cholim hospital, and more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper.
Approx. 100 sketches for symbols of the twelve tribes, in a variety of versions. The symbols of the tribes were incorporated in various works by Raban – in his illustrations to the Song of Songs, in stained glass windows he designed for the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, in ceramics tiles (for instance for the Moshav Zekenim synagogue in Tel Aviv), on the doors of the Bikur Cholim hospital, and more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Unsold
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for a bracelet depicting scenes from Isaiah's End of Days prophecy. [Jerusalem, ca. 1920s].
Pencil and ink on paper.
Approx. 20 leaves with sketches for a links bracelet depicting scenes from Isaiah's End of Days prophecy. The sketches show different versions of the scenes. Four of the sketches are for a link showing the text of the prophecy (made for both the Hebrew and English versions of the bracelet).
Among the sketches are two different versions of the scene "and a little child shall lead them". The image which was not chosen for the bracelet was presumably sold by Raban to the Ariel cigarette company (active in the early 1920s; see: Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 104), to be used as a logo – or vice versa.
Enclosed is a leaf with three sketches (pencil, ink and watercolor on paper) for the logo of the Ariel cigarette company, and for the packaging of the company's Samson cigarettes.
Size and condition vary.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Pencil and ink on paper.
Approx. 20 leaves with sketches for a links bracelet depicting scenes from Isaiah's End of Days prophecy. The sketches show different versions of the scenes. Four of the sketches are for a link showing the text of the prophecy (made for both the Hebrew and English versions of the bracelet).
Among the sketches are two different versions of the scene "and a little child shall lead them". The image which was not chosen for the bracelet was presumably sold by Raban to the Ariel cigarette company (active in the early 1920s; see: Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 104), to be used as a logo – or vice versa.
Enclosed is a leaf with three sketches (pencil, ink and watercolor on paper) for the logo of the Ariel cigarette company, and for the packaging of the company's Samson cigarettes.
Size and condition vary.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), seven sketches for various Hanukkah lamps, including sketches for the Sharar group and for Zel-Zion.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Included: • Sketch for a Hanukkah lamp with a depiction of Aaron the High Priest lighting the menorah on the backplate. Captioned in the corner: "for Sharar". The sketch is similar to the version which was ultimately produced. See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 78 item 82. • Two sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp decorated with gazelles, for Zel-Zion; one of them with a brief letter from Ze'ev Raban to Zohar Zel-Zion, wner of the company. • Two additional sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp, very similar to the sketches produced for Zel-Zion, though decorated with lions instead of gazelles. • Color sketch for a Hanukkah lamp decorated with vines, lions and Tablets of the Law, for Zel-Zion, also inscribed with several sentences addressed to Zohar Zel-Zion. See: Lighting the Way to Freedom, item 133; the lamp is not attributed there to Raban. • Sketch for an upright filigree Hanukkah lamp, in the classic Bezalel style. Stamped "Industrial Art Studio M. Gur Aryeh & Z. Raban, Bezalel Jerusalem ".
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: Sketch for a triptych depicting Matityahu and his five sons. A finished version of the sketch was sold by Tiroche Auction House, auction 168 item 6, and is documented in the Information Center for Israeli Art of the Israel Museum. • Sketch for the inscription on the Memorial Wall for Zvi Kalir at the Beit Zvi school for the Performing Arts established in his memory.
Literature: Aaron Ha'Tell and Yaniv Ben Or, Lighting the Way to Freedom, Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel. Jerusalem and New York: Devora Publishing, 2006.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Included: • Sketch for a Hanukkah lamp with a depiction of Aaron the High Priest lighting the menorah on the backplate. Captioned in the corner: "for Sharar". The sketch is similar to the version which was ultimately produced. See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 78 item 82. • Two sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp decorated with gazelles, for Zel-Zion; one of them with a brief letter from Ze'ev Raban to Zohar Zel-Zion, wner of the company. • Two additional sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp, very similar to the sketches produced for Zel-Zion, though decorated with lions instead of gazelles. • Color sketch for a Hanukkah lamp decorated with vines, lions and Tablets of the Law, for Zel-Zion, also inscribed with several sentences addressed to Zohar Zel-Zion. See: Lighting the Way to Freedom, item 133; the lamp is not attributed there to Raban. • Sketch for an upright filigree Hanukkah lamp, in the classic Bezalel style. Stamped "Industrial Art Studio M. Gur Aryeh & Z. Raban, Bezalel Jerusalem ".
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: Sketch for a triptych depicting Matityahu and his five sons. A finished version of the sketch was sold by Tiroche Auction House, auction 168 item 6, and is documented in the Information Center for Israeli Art of the Israel Museum. • Sketch for the inscription on the Memorial Wall for Zvi Kalir at the Beit Zvi school for the Performing Arts established in his memory.
Literature: Aaron Ha'Tell and Yaniv Ben Or, Lighting the Way to Freedom, Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel. Jerusalem and New York: Devora Publishing, 2006.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
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Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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