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
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Included:
• Eight drafts and copies of the association's document of regulations, in various stages of completion. One with a small drawing of a Jew blowing the Shofar.
• Twelve protocols of meetings, participated by artists Jakob Steinhardt, Anna Ticho, Ze'ev Raban, Meir Gur Aryeh, and others. Most protocols printed, some handwritten. Three protocols were handwritten by the association's secretary, Meir Gur Aryeh (a small drawing of a dancer and a snake appears in the margin of one of the protocols).
• Hand-signed letters by artists and critics: Mordechai Narkis, Chaim Gliksberg, Leo Fein, and others.
• Bilingual, handwritten draft (Hebrew and German) for an application form.
• Handwritten draft of an invitation for the association's Sukkot exhibition in Bezalel (a list of 33 Jerusalem artists on verso.)
• And more.
Some of the documents are hand-signed with Meir Gur Aryeh's initials; one document (handwritten protocol) hand-signed with Gur-Aryeh's full signature.
Approx. 40 items. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Some half of the documents filed in a binder.
Provenance: the estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), collection of etchings and two drawings.
• 11 etchings: portrait of Boris Schatz, portraits of Yemenite and Sephardi Jews, and more. Five etchings are signed in the plate (in monogram). Two etching (portrait of Schatz and another etching) are signed in pencil.
Size varies. Overall good condition. Stains (mostly toedges) and minor creases.
• Two drawings, signed.
Approx. 25Z35 cm, 27X36 cm. Fair-good condition. Marginal tears. Minor blemishes.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), born in Pinsk, was a prominent student in the old Bezalel school. In 1919, he was sent by Boris Schatz to study ceramic art in the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts, a subject he later taught in the ceramic department he founded and headed in Bezalel. In this capacity, he created several famous ceramic works (such as "The Traveler's Prayer" and "The Wolf shall Lie Down with the Lamb"), street name signs for the new quarters of Jerusalem and a welcome sign for the Bezalel building. Between 1927-28 he also taught painting in Bezalel. Famous also for his stained glass works, prints and portraits; his work was exhibited in a number of shows, including solo exhibitions in Bezalel (1924) and in the Jerusalem Artists' House (1958 and 1961).
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), Old Man.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
48X37.5 cm. Unstreched. Considerable damage to paint. Fold lines.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), born in Pinsk, was a prominent student in the old Bezalel school. In 1919, he was sent by Boris Schatz to study ceramic art in the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts, a subject he later taught in the ceramic department he founded and headed in Bezalel. In this capacity, he created several famous ceramic works (such as "The Traveler's Prayer" and "The Wolf shall Lie Down with the Lamb"), street name signs for the new quarters of Jerusalem and a welcome sign for the Bezalel building. Between 1927-28 he also taught painting in Bezalel. Famous also for his stained glass works, prints and portraits; his work was exhibited in a number of shows, including solo exhibitions in Bezalel (1924) and in the Jerusalem Artists' House (1958 and 1961).
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
![Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), Rural Landscape. Vienna, [ca. 1920-1922]. Oil on board. Signed. Approx. 33X24 cm. Frame: 45X36](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/352.jpg "Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966) – Rural Landscape – Oil on Board")
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), Rural Landscape. Vienna, [ca. 1920-1922].
Oil on board. Signed.
Approx. 33X24 cm. Frame: 45X36 cm. Minor damage.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), born in Pinsk, was a prominent student in the old Bezalel school. In 1919, he was sent by Boris Schatz to study ceramic art in the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts, a subject he later taught in the ceramic department he founded and headed in Bezalel. In this capacity, he created several famous ceramic works (such as "The Traveler's Prayer" and "The Wolf shall Lie Down with the Lamb"), street name signs for the new quarters of Jerusalem and a welcome sign for the Bezalel building. Between 1927-28 he also taught painting in Bezalel. Famous also for his stained glass works, prints and portraits; his work was exhibited in a number of shows, including solo exhibitions in Bezalel (1924) and in the Jerusalem Artists' House (1958 and 1961).
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), Hills.
Oil on card. Signed.
28X20 cm. Good condition. Pinholes (with damage and open tears) to four corners. Some stains. Unframed.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), born in Pinsk, was a prominent student in the old Bezalel school. In 1919, he was sent by Boris Schatz to study ceramic art in the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts, a subject he later taught in the ceramic department he founded and headed in Bezalel. In this capacity, he created several famous ceramic works (such as "The Traveler's Prayer" and "The Wolf shall Lie Down with the Lamb"), street name signs for the new quarters of Jerusalem and a welcome sign for the Bezalel building. Between 1927-28 he also taught painting in Bezalel. Famous also for his stained glass works, prints and portraits; his work was exhibited in a number of shows, including solo exhibitions in Bezalel (1924) and in the Jerusalem Artists' House (1958 and 1961).
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), Jerusalem.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
65X50 cm, in a 84.5X70 cm frame. Minor damage.
Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966), born in Pinsk, was a prominent student in the old Bezalel school. In 1919, he was sent by Boris Schatz to study ceramic art in the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts, a subject he later taught in the ceramic department he founded and headed in Bezalel. In this capacity, he created several famous ceramic works (such as "The Traveler's Prayer" and "The Wolf shall Lie Down with the Lamb"), street name signs for the new quarters of Jerusalem and a welcome sign for the Bezalel building. Between 1927-28 he also taught painting in Bezalel. Famous also for his stained glass works, prints and portraits; his work was exhibited in a number of shows, including solo exhibitions in Bezalel (1924) and in the Jerusalem Artists' House (1958 and 1961).
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
![Mishloach Manot plate made by the Sharar art workshop, Bezalel. Jerusalem, [1914-1929].
Brass, repoussé; etched.
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![Mishloach Manot plate made by the Sharar art workshop, Bezalel. Jerusalem, [1914-1929].
Brass, repoussé; etched.
A](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/355_2.jpg "Mishloach Manot Plate – Sharar Workshop, Bezalel – Jerusalem, 1914-192")
![Mishloach Manot plate made by the Sharar art workshop, Bezalel. Jerusalem, [1914-1929].
Brass, repoussé; etched.
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Brass, repoussé; etched.
A circular repoussé plaque depicting two figures giving Mishloach Manot occupies the center of the plate; with the inscription "Sending portions to one another [Esther 9:19], Bezalel Jerusalem". The lip of the plate is decorated with etched vine leaves and clusters of grapes, and inscribed "The Jews had light and joy, and gladness and honor" (Esther 8:16). Soldered onto the base of the plate is a plaque with the Sharar workshop logo and the English inscription: "Made in Palestine at the art workshop Sharar Bezalel Jerusalem".
Diameter: approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Minor bends and blemishes.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz's Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalogue List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 595, p. 51.
Brass, etched.
Two identical hexagonal tapering vases. An empty rectangle is etched on each of the six faces, with a medallion below it. Three of the medallions contain the inscriptions: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me, and if not now, when"; "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning"; "Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you". The other three medallions depict a farmer plowing with an ox, a camel rider and a horse rider. A series of cartouches on the faces of the vases read: "Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, Jerusalem 5673" (Hebrew).
Height: 16.5 cm. Diameter: 6.5 cm. Good condition. Minor bends. Minor blemishes. Base of one vase partially detached.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz’s Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalog List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 648, p. 55.
![Small silver filigree Esther Scroll case. [Presumably produced at Bezalel, Palestine, early 20th century].
Silver, filigree](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/357_1.jpg "Small Silver Esther Scroll Case – Palestine, Early 20th Century")
![Small silver filigree Esther Scroll case. [Presumably produced at Bezalel, Palestine, early 20th century].
Silver, filigree](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/357_2.jpg "Small Silver Esther Scroll Case – Palestine, Early 20th Century")
Silver, filigree; granulation.
Case with fine filigree designs; topped by a dome, surrounded by an open crown. On top of the dome, a spherical knob flanked by petals. Roller engraved with an elegant monogram, reading "MB".
Length: 14 cm. Good condition. Dents. Silver pull piece missing.
Enclosed: Miniature Esther scroll (4 cm) on paper-thin parchment. Text faded.
Bronze, cast. Numbered 5/8.
Enclosed certificate attests that this relief is "one of a series of 8 copies cast after the original, which was made by Prof. Schatz, founder of Bezalel. With the permission and under the supervision of the Boris Schatz Estate" (Hebrew; signed by the manager of the estate).
53X50 cm.
![Wall lamp made by Zahara Schatz (1916-1999). [Israel, 1950s].
Plexiglass, wire, leaves.
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Plexiglass, wire, leaves.
A unique lamp made of Plexiglas embedded with various elements of wire, mesh and leaves that create an abstract composition.
Artist Zahara Schatz (1916-1999), laureate of the Israel Prize for painting and sculpture, was active in Israel and in and the United States. She was the daughter of Bezalel's founder Boris Schatz.
Height: approx. 40 cm. Wired. Good condition.
![Armchair. [Israel, 1950s.]
Iron, red rope and seating cushion.
Louise Schatz (1916-1997), Canadian-born artist and desi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/360.jpg "Armchair Designed by Louise Schatz")
Iron, red rope and seating cushion.
Louise Schatz (1916-1997), Canadian-born artist and designer, known for her abstract watercolor paintings. Immigrated to Israel in 1951 with her husband, Bezalel Schatz – son of Bezalel's founder Boris Schatz. She was active in the field of applied arts, designing Hanukkah Lamps, baskets, chairs, tables, ceramics, and more. Most of the furniture pieces she designed were composed of an iron frame with woven rope back and woven rope seat, which she made with her own hands (few of the pieces were made by her husband).
Height: 80 cm, max. width: 75 cm. Minor blemishes. Slightly faded.
Provenance: friends of the Schatz family.