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
Four Letters by Boris Schatz – Bezalel Students in the Ottoman Army, 1916 – One Letter with Greetings from Ze'ev Raban
Opening: $200
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Four letters, hand-signed by Boris Schatz; documenting Schatz's efforts to assist Bezalel students drafted to the Ottoman army. Jerusalem, 1916. Hebrew.
1. Letter dated June, 1916. Addressing his students, Schatz reassures them that all will be well, and insists that hope is not to be abandoned, since peace is near.
[1] f. (two written pages), 27 cm.
2. Letter dated June, 1916. Addressed by Schatz to his students in Beersheba, consoling them with a promise for work and better pay at the service of A. Finkelstein.
With a line added by Ze'ev Raban, alongside Schatz's signature: "warm greetings, Z. Raban."
[1] f. (one written page), 27 cm.
3. Letter dated August, 1916. Addressing his students in Beersheba, Schatz writes that the pencils, erasers, coal, and paper he sent, will allow them to draw again, thus strengthening them, and increasing their ability to endure all hardships, until peace comes.
[1] f. (two written pages), 27 cm.
4. Letter dated June, 1916, addressed to Eliezer Yellin (son of David Yellin), an engineer officer serving in the Ottoman army. Schatz petitions Yellin to reassign eight of his students (among whom are David Maaravi-Marovne and Jacob Eisenberg), to the position of drafters. He writes that since they recently arrived from Russia, the students find the scorching heat of Beersheba unbearable, and are in need of an easier task than the one with which they were assigned.
[1] f. (one written page), approx. 13X20 cm.
Three of the letters are written on official Bezalel stationery.
Condition varies.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
1. Letter dated June, 1916. Addressing his students, Schatz reassures them that all will be well, and insists that hope is not to be abandoned, since peace is near.
[1] f. (two written pages), 27 cm.
2. Letter dated June, 1916. Addressed by Schatz to his students in Beersheba, consoling them with a promise for work and better pay at the service of A. Finkelstein.
With a line added by Ze'ev Raban, alongside Schatz's signature: "warm greetings, Z. Raban."
[1] f. (one written page), 27 cm.
3. Letter dated August, 1916. Addressing his students in Beersheba, Schatz writes that the pencils, erasers, coal, and paper he sent, will allow them to draw again, thus strengthening them, and increasing their ability to endure all hardships, until peace comes.
[1] f. (two written pages), 27 cm.
4. Letter dated June, 1916, addressed to Eliezer Yellin (son of David Yellin), an engineer officer serving in the Ottoman army. Schatz petitions Yellin to reassign eight of his students (among whom are David Maaravi-Marovne and Jacob Eisenberg), to the position of drafters. He writes that since they recently arrived from Russia, the students find the scorching heat of Beersheba unbearable, and are in need of an easier task than the one with which they were assigned.
[1] f. (one written page), approx. 13X20 cm.
Three of the letters are written on official Bezalel stationery.
Condition varies.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi