Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Itamar David (1910-1996)

Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Four works by Itamar (Ismar) David, illustrator, graphic designer and typographer, designer of the font "David":
1-2. Goldsmith Lore Lilien. Two sketches (one in Hebrew and the other in English) for the cover of a book by Lora Lilien. Pen and pencil on paper. Signed and dated in pencil "Ismar David Jerusalem 1938".
23X23 cm, 27X22.5 cm. Good condition.
3. Job. Print, titled and signed in pencil. A similar illustration appears on the cover of the book "Job, ordeal, defiance and healing, a study guide" (Published by Dept. of Jewish Education, Hadassah, New-York, 1990). 31.5X47 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
4. The Psalms. Leaflet (folded into two) portraying the title page and a page out of the work "Psalms", illustrations for the Book of Psalms, by Itamar David. Published by The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New-York, 1973. Hebrew and English.
[4] pp, 32 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: Estate of Otto Lilien.
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