Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
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The series of twelve woodcuts titled "The God Seekers" was created by Rubin in 1923, upon his immigration to Palestine. The woodcuts were exhibited at the Tower of David and published by HaPoel HaTzair in a limited-edition portfolio (115 sets; the first 15 not for public sale).
This is copy no. 27, with ten woodcuts hand-signed by the artist, two lists of woodcuts and two justification pages (Hebrew and English).
In 1966, a second edition of the portfolio was published by the Bineth Gallery of Fine Art. Two of the original woodcuts were not included in the new edition (both are present in this copy of the portfolio).
[10] woodcuts (portfolio missing two woodcuts) + [4] ff., approx. 35X52 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to edges (mostly minor; some mended with tape on verso). Stains and blemishes to title pages and justification pages. Placed in a cloth-covered portfolio.
Eretz-Israel 1920, 10 etchings, by Nachum Gutman. Israel: "Iga", 1979. Hebrew and English.
Ten etchings by Nachum Gutman depicting the views and people of Palestine – "Fisherman at Jaffa Coast", "The Orchards of Petah-Tikva", "Peasant Selling Chickens", "In the Alleys of Jerusalem", "By the Western Wall" and more. The etchings are signed in pencil and placed in the original portfolio. Numbered copy, 39/100.
"Nachum Guttman was one of the first artists to whom the country was his home and motherland, and these people painted the country as one paints his own home. His paintings and sketches could only have been done by a person who had lived with these landscapes from his youth, who absorbed their colors, their light and their shadows. Guttman painted the various neighborhoods of Jerusalem when he was but a boy of 11, studied at 'Bezalel', and then went out to the 'wide world' – to the capitals of Europe, taking with him a portfolio of sketches. Using these sketches as a guide, he made a limited number of stoneprints in Vienna in 1920 […] Fifty-eight years after that these prints were done anew by the etching workshop of 'Bezalel', under the supervision of Nachum Guttman […] He bequeaths us a motherland in these etchings – the paintings of the very beginning – here we have its sounds, its colors, the very odors of the Land of Israel, which we will never again see, and which we will long for more and more" (from the introduction by Shlomo Shva).
[10] etchings + [3] ff., approx. 37.5X35 cm (etchings of varying size). Good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
32 drawings by Ruth Schloss (1922-2013).
Watercolor, pen, charcoal, India ink and felt pen on paper.
Most of the drawings are individual or group portraits. Other drawings depict animals, views and workers at work. Two of the drawings are signed "Ruth Schloss" (Hebrew).
Ruth Schloss (1922-2013) was born in Nuremberg and immigrated to Palestine with her family in 1935. At sixteen she began her studies at Bezalel, then joined the group of founders of Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan. Schloss devoted her talents to the art and printing enterprises of the kibbutz movement, working as an illustrator for the "Mishmar Liladim" newspaper, and as a book cover designer for "Sifriyat Poalim". From ca. 1950 to 1952 she studied art at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and after returning to Israel she left her kibbutz, due to the rift in the Kibbutz Movement. Schloss was a member of the Communist Party and her paintings, in the style of Social Realism, often conveyed a socialist message of exposing societal power relations and class distinctions. She painted the weaker members of society – downtrodden women, hungry children, workers and residents of transit camps. Later, she turned to the lives of women, to the helplessness of birth and the decline of old age – all of which she painted with the sensitivity of a woman seeing human-beings rooted in their surroundings, as the poet Nathan Zach wrote of her – "her motto remained the same over the years. Life itself. Without any embellishment".
Approx. 20.5X14.5 to 25X35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Few tears and small open tears along the edges of some leaves. Pieces of paper for reinforcement on verso of one work, at the corners.
References:
1. Broader Horizons, 120 Years of Israeli Art, from the Ofrat Collection to the Levin Collection. Selected Works, Part II, by Gideon Ofrat. Jerusalem: Vienna-Jerusalem Foundation for Israeli Art, 2013. Hebrew.
2. Ruth Schloss, Retrospective. Curator: Tali Tamir. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod website. Hebrew.
Mordechai Levanon (1901-1968), "Geological Negev", 1956.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Captioned on verso.
74X60 cm. Good condition.
Mordechai Levanon (1901-1968), born in Transylvania (today, Romania), immigrated to Palestine in 1921. During the years 1925-1927, he studied painting in the studio of Yitzchak Frenkel (Frenel) in Tel-Aviv and in 1929-1930 was a member of the "Massad" group of young artists together with Avigdor Stematsky, Aharon Avni, Joseph Kossonogi and others. In 1938, he moved from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem and in the early 1960s opened a studio in Safed.
Levanon often painted the landscapes of Palestine, and especially the landscapes of Safed and Jerusalem, between which he divided his time. His style was rooted in expressionism and many of the landscapes he painted, often without leaving his studio, have a dreamy or mystical quality. Art and theater critic Haim Gamzu defined Levanon as "one of our most important expressionist artists, one of the most genuine artists of vision. He was all truth and his work is truth. Personal, original truth…" (Dr. Haim Gamzu: Art Critiques. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2006. p. 260).
Levanon was twice awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Painting (in 1940 and in 1961).
Mordechai Levanon (1901-1968), portrait (self-portrait?), 1968.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
81X60 cm. Good condition.
Mordechai Levanon (1901-1968), born in Transylvania (today, Romania), immigrated to Palestine in 1921. During the years 1925-1927, he studied painting in the studio of Yitzchak Frenkel (Frenel) in Tel-Aviv and in 1929-1930 was a member of the "Massad" group of young artists together with Avigdor Stematsky, Aharon Avni, Joseph Kossonogi and others. In 1938, he moved from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem and in the early 1960s opened a studio in Safed.
Levanon often painted the landscapes of Palestine, and especially the landscapes of Safed and Jerusalem, between which he divided his time. His style was rooted in expressionism and many of the landscapes he painted, often without leaving his studio, have a dreamy or mystical quality. Art and theater critic Haim Gamzu defined Levanon as "one of our most important expressionist artists, one of the most genuine artists of vision. He was all truth and his work is truth. Personal, original truth…" (Dr. Haim Gamzu: Art Critiques. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2006. p. 260).
Levanon was twice awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Painting (in 1940 and in 1961).
Mordechai Levanon (1901-1968), Safed.
Oil on canvas. Signed. Captioned on verso.
100X73 cm. Good condition.
Mordechai Levanon (1901-1968), born in Transylvania (today, Romania), immigrated to Palestine in 1921. During the years 1925-1927, he studied painting in the studio of Yitzchak Frenkel (Frenel) in Tel-Aviv and in 1929-1930 was a member of the "Massad" group of young artists together with Avigdor Stematsky, Aharon Avni, Joseph Kossonogi and others. In 1938, he moved from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem and in the early 1960s opened a studio in Safed.
Levanon often painted the landscapes of Palestine, and especially the landscapes of Safed and Jerusalem, between which he divided his time. His style was rooted in expressionism and many of the landscapes he painted, often without leaving his studio, have a dreamy or mystical quality. Art and theater critic Haim Gamzu defined Levanon as "one of our most important expressionist artists, one of the most genuine artists of vision. He was all truth and his work is truth. Personal, original truth…" (Dr. Haim Gamzu: Art Critiques. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2006. p. 260).
Levanon was twice awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Painting (in 1940 and in 1961).
Song of Songs – a limited edition portfolio of 120 lithographs inspired by the Song of Songs. Tel Aviv: Isart Art Collection, 1976. English.
Lithographs by Michael Argov, Dov Feigin, Abba Fenichel, Yair Garbuz, David Gerstein, Michail Grobman, Raffi Lavie, Batia Lishansky, Yehezkel Streichman, Shraga Weil, and many others.
The portfolio was issued in a limited edition of 200 regular copies and 120 presentation copies marked H. C. (H'ors Commerce). This copy is numbered 42/200. All lithographs are signed and numbered in pencil – 109 lithographs numbered 42/200, and 11 (supplied from a different copy) numbered 102/120 and marked H.C.
Placed in the original case (with an introductory booklet).
Most lithographs: 25X35 cm. Good condition. Minor creases. Bookplate inside case.
11X11 cm. Good condition.
![Der Keren Hayesod boyt Eretz-Israel [Keren Hayesod Builds the Land of Israel]. [Buenos Aires]: Krasilovsky y Pertzovsky, [ca.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/165.jpg "\"Keren Hayesod Builds the Land of Israel\" – Illustrated Poster – Bueno")
Illustrated poster, depicting the activities of Keren Hayesod. Rare version. The poster was originally printed in Palestine, in two versions – one in Hebrew and one in Yiddish (see: Kedem, auction 47, item 326, and "Keren Hayesod Sows – The Hebrew People Reap, Keren Hayesod Posters 1920-2010", p. 26).
73.5X51 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Stains. Closed and open tears to edges and fold lines, repaired.
Educational poster concerning prevention of tuberculosis, with a series of pictures illustrating dangerous habits and correct conduct for preventing infection. Issued by OZE, with support from the Federation of Ukrainian Jews and the Fund for the Relief of Jewish Victims of the War in Eastern Europe.
There are several similar posters printed the same year, by the same organizations, which were designed by Joseph Chaikov (see Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection, Posters, items RG 28/P/168 and RG 28/P/172).
Approx. 98X68.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Fold lines and creases. Some stains. Closed and open tears along folds and margins, affecting text and illustration, repaired (poster mounted on thin paper).
Illustrated poster. Silhouette of a child between two palm trees, and five smaller illustrations, each dedicated to a day of the Health Week ("Hygiene Day", "Babies' Day", "Nutrition Day", etc.). Inscription on bottom reads: "Published by the Health Week Committee Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
Approx. 70X48.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains. Tears, restored (minor damage to the signature "Z. Raban, Bezalel"); color touchups. Linen-backed for display and preservation.
See: Kedem, auction 50, item 368.
Approx. 70X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and creases. Long tears to edges, repaired.