Online Auction 05 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Letters from Zeev Raban and Boris Schatz – Bezalel – Jerusalem, 1925-1932

Opening: $150
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Correspondence from Boris Schatz and Zeev Raban.
1. Letter sent by Boris Schatz in 1925 to Hadar HaCarmel committee when he learned about its intention to install street signs in Haifa, in which he advises the committee not to install tin signs but to order from Bezalel ceramic signs. "Who can compare tin with ceramics?...I hope that when our works will be seen you will also decorate your homes with ceramics". Autograph letter, signed.
2. Six letters written by Zeev Raban while serving as director of Bezalel, 1932. The letters are about an order of pins for Shavuot festivities and later for payment for this work that has not been received.
Two autograph letters and four typewritten, signed.
Size and condition vary.
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture