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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Two drawings by Shmuel Ben-David (1884-1927).
1. Portrait of a woman, ink on paper. Signed "S.D." (Shmuel Davidov).
Approx. 31.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
2. Jerusalem, ink on paper. Not signed. A pencil sketch on verso (bird).
13X29 cm. Matted. Good condition. Minor stains.
Shmuel Ben-David was born in 1884 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Shmuel Davidov. He was accepted to the Art Academy in Sofia, where in 1903-1905 he studied under Professor Boris Shatz and specialized in carpet weaving and designing carpet patterns. At the end of December 1905, Ben-David arrived in Palestine together with Boris Shatz and studied in the highest grade in the first class of Bezalel. From 1907, he organized Bezalel's Carpet-Weavind Department, taught there and later also taught perspective, sketching and crafts. Ben-David was one of the founders of the Hebrew Artists Association and served as its chairman. He died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the young age of 42. Ben-David was one of the senior teachers at Bezalel. Having taught Nachum Gutman, Haim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky and many others, he was a significant contributor to the Bezalel design language.
1. Portrait of a woman, ink on paper. Signed "S.D." (Shmuel Davidov).
Approx. 31.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
2. Jerusalem, ink on paper. Not signed. A pencil sketch on verso (bird).
13X29 cm. Matted. Good condition. Minor stains.
Shmuel Ben-David was born in 1884 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Shmuel Davidov. He was accepted to the Art Academy in Sofia, where in 1903-1905 he studied under Professor Boris Shatz and specialized in carpet weaving and designing carpet patterns. At the end of December 1905, Ben-David arrived in Palestine together with Boris Shatz and studied in the highest grade in the first class of Bezalel. From 1907, he organized Bezalel's Carpet-Weavind Department, taught there and later also taught perspective, sketching and crafts. Ben-David was one of the founders of the Hebrew Artists Association and served as its chairman. He died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the young age of 42. Ben-David was one of the senior teachers at Bezalel. Having taught Nachum Gutman, Haim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky and many others, he was a significant contributor to the Bezalel design language.
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Types of the Old City of Jerusalem, five original woodcuts by M. Gur Arieh, Bezalel. Jerusalem, [1926].
Five plates with hand-colored woodcuts. Each plate is stamped with the artist's initials. Original cover.
Plates: approx. 13X9 cm. Good condition. Tears to cover.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Five plates with hand-colored woodcuts. Each plate is stamped with the artist's initials. Original cover.
Plates: approx. 13X9 cm. Good condition. Tears to cover.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Bezalel
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Shlumiel Matza Tzel ]Shlumiel Found His Shadow[, by Yehuda Yaari; with nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins. Jerusalem: "Tarshish" (founded by Dr. Moshe Spitzer), 1947.
An adaptation of the story "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte" (Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story) by the German-French poet Adelbert von Chamisso. Printed in a limited edition of 300 copies. With nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins.
37, [1] pp., 24 cm. Very good condition. Binding slightly faded, with minor blemishes.
An adaptation of the story "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte" (Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story) by the German-French poet Adelbert von Chamisso. Printed in a limited edition of 300 copies. With nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins.
37, [1] pp., 24 cm. Very good condition. Binding slightly faded, with minor blemishes.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Five books published by "Tarshish" (founded by Dr. Moshe Spitzer). Jerusalem, 1944-1974. Two of the books are signed by Dov Sadan.
1. Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. Hebrew translation by S.Tz. Davidovich. 1944.
172 pp.
2. Michael Kohlhaas, by Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist. Hebrew translation (from German): Meir Chartiner. Woodcuts by Jacob Pins. "Printed in a limited edition in 5713 [1953]".
108, [2] pp. Title page inscribed by Dov Sadan.
3. Mo'adei Erga [Times of Longing], poems by David Rokeah. 1954.
[3]-66, [1] pp. Missing a leaf at the beginning of the book. Title page inscribed by Dov Sadan. A short letter handwritten by Sadan is stapled to the title page.
4. Kelev Chutzot [A Stray Dog], by Shai Agnon. 1960. With illustrations by Avigdor Aricha. The first book printed in "David" font.
[1], 96 pp. + illustrated plates.
5. Megillat Ahimaaz, the Chronicle of Ahimaaz, by Benjamin Klar. 1974.
176 pp.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
1. Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. Hebrew translation by S.Tz. Davidovich. 1944.
172 pp.
2. Michael Kohlhaas, by Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist. Hebrew translation (from German): Meir Chartiner. Woodcuts by Jacob Pins. "Printed in a limited edition in 5713 [1953]".
108, [2] pp. Title page inscribed by Dov Sadan.
3. Mo'adei Erga [Times of Longing], poems by David Rokeah. 1954.
[3]-66, [1] pp. Missing a leaf at the beginning of the book. Title page inscribed by Dov Sadan. A short letter handwritten by Sadan is stapled to the title page.
4. Kelev Chutzot [A Stray Dog], by Shai Agnon. 1960. With illustrations by Avigdor Aricha. The first book printed in "David" font.
[1], 96 pp. + illustrated plates.
5. Megillat Ahimaaz, the Chronicle of Ahimaaz, by Benjamin Klar. 1974.
176 pp.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Rimon, art and literature anthology. Edited by Meir Wishnitzer and Baruch Krupnik; art editor: Rachel Wishnitzer-Bernstein. Berlin, 1922-1924. Issues 1-6.
6 issues of the Hebrew journal Rimon, printed in parallel to its Yiddish version "Milgroim". "Rimon" was the first Hebrew journal devoted to plastic art. Its issues – as well as other publications of the same publishing house – were meticulously designed and printed, incorporating high-quality colorful illustrations. The issues feature reproductions of works by leading artists and writers including Lissitzky, Chaikov, Budko, Bialik, Agnon, Tchernichovsky and others.
Volume: 31 cm. Good condition. The cover of the first issue and its first leaf are partly detached. The back cover of the last issue and its last leaf are partly detached. Original binding, slightly worn, with blemishes to spine and margins, slightly loose.
6 issues of the Hebrew journal Rimon, printed in parallel to its Yiddish version "Milgroim". "Rimon" was the first Hebrew journal devoted to plastic art. Its issues – as well as other publications of the same publishing house – were meticulously designed and printed, incorporating high-quality colorful illustrations. The issues feature reproductions of works by leading artists and writers including Lissitzky, Chaikov, Budko, Bialik, Agnon, Tchernichovsky and others.
Volume: 31 cm. Good condition. The cover of the first issue and its first leaf are partly detached. The back cover of the last issue and its last leaf are partly detached. Original binding, slightly worn, with blemishes to spine and margins, slightly loose.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Joseph Budko, Sieben Holzschnitte zur Chassidischen Legende von Samuel Lewin [Joseph Budko – Seven Woodcuts for a Hassidic Legend by Samuel Lewin]. Publisher, printer or year of printing not indicated, [presumably Berlin, 1922-1924]. German.
Seven woodcuts depicting the lives of Hassidim in a small town. Each woodcut is printed on delicate paper, signed in the plate ("ב"), signed by Budko in pencil, and matted. The seven woodcuts are placed in a portfolio, with a title page. In 1924, these woodcuts were printed in a book published by Otto von Holten, translated into German by Arno Nadel.
The size of the woodcuts varies, approx. 7X7 cm, mats, plate and portfolio: approx. 28.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains to several prints. Stains and minor blemishes to the portfolio.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Seven woodcuts depicting the lives of Hassidim in a small town. Each woodcut is printed on delicate paper, signed in the plate ("ב"), signed by Budko in pencil, and matted. The seven woodcuts are placed in a portfolio, with a title page. In 1924, these woodcuts were printed in a book published by Otto von Holten, translated into German by Arno Nadel.
The size of the woodcuts varies, approx. 7X7 cm, mats, plate and portfolio: approx. 28.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains to several prints. Stains and minor blemishes to the portfolio.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Gesang an Palästina [Song on Palestine], by Arthur Holitscher, with twelve engravings by Hermann Struck. Berlin: Hans Heinrich Tillgner, 1922. German.
"Song on Palestine", by the Jewish-Hungarian playwright Arthur Holitscher (1869-1941). The book contains twelve engravings by Hermann Struck – views of Palestine.
This is copy no. 133 of an edition of 320 copies. Signed by Struck in the colophon.
28, [1] pp + [12] plates, 35 cm. Top edges gilt. Good condition. Minor stains. New half-leather binding. Minor blemishes to binding. A piece of leather, with the book's title, is glued to the spine (torn. Mostly missing). New endpapers.
"Song on Palestine", by the Jewish-Hungarian playwright Arthur Holitscher (1869-1941). The book contains twelve engravings by Hermann Struck – views of Palestine.
This is copy no. 133 of an edition of 320 copies. Signed by Struck in the colophon.
28, [1] pp + [12] plates, 35 cm. Top edges gilt. Good condition. Minor stains. New half-leather binding. Minor blemishes to binding. A piece of leather, with the book's title, is glued to the spine (torn. Mostly missing). New endpapers.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Three women, an engraving by the Hungarian artist Sándor Bortnyik (1893-1976).
Signed in pencil.
Engraving: approx. 32.5X25 cm. Good condition. Thick, dark paper mounted on cardboard. Abrasions and blemishes to margins of paper (not affecting the engraving).
Signed in pencil.
Engraving: approx. 32.5X25 cm. Good condition. Thick, dark paper mounted on cardboard. Abrasions and blemishes to margins of paper (not affecting the engraving).
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Er hat Hindenburg verspottet [He Made Fun of Hindenburg], 1920. Lithograph by George Grosz. From: Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart.
Signed and dated in the plate.
The painter and caricaturist George Grosz (1893-1959), a member of the Berlin Dada and "New Objectivity" (Neue Sachlichkeit) group, is especially known for the political paintings and drawings he made during the Weimar Republic.
Leaf: approx. 32X24 cm. Good condition. Matted with strips of tape.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Signed and dated in the plate.
The painter and caricaturist George Grosz (1893-1959), a member of the Berlin Dada and "New Objectivity" (Neue Sachlichkeit) group, is especially known for the political paintings and drawings he made during the Weimar Republic.
Leaf: approx. 32X24 cm. Good condition. Matted with strips of tape.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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JunJun, Twelve etchings, Yossi Banai, Elie Abrahami. [Kibbutz Cabri]: Gottesman, 2004. An additional English title page.
JunJun, the last work written by Yossi Banai before his death, accompanied by twelve original etchings by artist Elie Abrahami.
Only 90 numbered copies were printed, eight of them numbered A.P 1-8. This is one of the A.P copies.
Blue fabric-covered binding; matching slipcase.
[14] leaves, approx. 30X31 cm. Slipcase: 31.5X34 cm. Very good condition. Minor abrasions to slipcase.
JunJun, the last work written by Yossi Banai before his death, accompanied by twelve original etchings by artist Elie Abrahami.
Only 90 numbered copies were printed, eight of them numbered A.P 1-8. This is one of the A.P copies.
Blue fabric-covered binding; matching slipcase.
[14] leaves, approx. 30X31 cm. Slipcase: 31.5X34 cm. Very good condition. Minor abrasions to slipcase.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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85 Love Poems, by Chaim Gouri. Raanana: "Even Choshen", 2009.
Bibliophilic publication of the "Even Choshen" publishing house – the sixth book of the "Achlama" series. The book, which gathers all the love poems written by poet Chaim Gouri during the years 1949-2009, was printed in a limited edition of 85 copies. Accompanied by an original etching by Avigdor Arikha and five reproductions of his sketches (tipped-in).
Numbered copy (no. 27), signed by Gouri and by Arikha (on the colophon leaf). Title page and colophon printed in letterpress and hand-bound by Ido Agassi.
Red fabric-covered binding; fabric-covered cardboard slipcase.
120 pp, [3] leaves + [1] plate. Approx. 29X25 cm. Very good condition. Minor stains on slipcase.
Bibliophilic publication of the "Even Choshen" publishing house – the sixth book of the "Achlama" series. The book, which gathers all the love poems written by poet Chaim Gouri during the years 1949-2009, was printed in a limited edition of 85 copies. Accompanied by an original etching by Avigdor Arikha and five reproductions of his sketches (tipped-in).
Numbered copy (no. 27), signed by Gouri and by Arikha (on the colophon leaf). Title page and colophon printed in letterpress and hand-bound by Ido Agassi.
Red fabric-covered binding; fabric-covered cardboard slipcase.
120 pp, [3] leaves + [1] plate. Approx. 29X25 cm. Very good condition. Minor stains on slipcase.
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Bibliophilic Publications and Art
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Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica
June 9, 2020
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Two anthologies of poetry and prose by prominent artists of the Futurism and Imaginism movements in Russia. Moscow, 1915/1919. Russian. Cover designs by Aristarkh Lentulov.
1. Весеннее контрагентство муз [The Vernal Agency of the Muses], Futurist anthology edited by David Burliuk and Samuil Vermel. Moscow, 1915.
The anthology features poems and prose by Vasily Kamensky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Nikolai Burliuk, Nikolai Aseev, Boris Pasternak and others, alongside illustrations by David Burliuk; print plate reproducing in color a sketch drawn by Aristarkh Lentulov for the set of a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky; and more.
[3]-107, [5] pp + [1] plate, 27 cm. Lacking first leaf. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Tears to edges of several leaves. Large tears to last two leaves, some open and restored with paper; one reinforced with tape. Stained cover, with tears (the spine and additional parts of the cover are lacking and restored with paper; affecting text).
2. Явь, Стихи [Reality, Poems]. Moscow, 1919.
Anthology of poems by poets of the Imaginist movement – a Russian avant-garde poetic movement founded in Moscow in 1918, challenging the Futurist movement. The anthology, published approximately concurrently with the movement's manifesto, contains poems by Vadim Shershenevich, Ryurik Ivnev, Sergei Yesenin, Anatoly Mariengof and others.
69 pp, 26.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Stains. Uneven edges. Stains and tears to cover (lacking spine and other parts of cover; restored with paper).
The covers of both booklets were designed by Aristarkh Lentulov (Аристарх Лентулов, 1882-1943), a Russian painter and scenic designer, a member of the avant-garde group "Jack of Diamods" founded in Moscow in 1910.
Provenance: The collection of Uzi Agassi.
1. Весеннее контрагентство муз [The Vernal Agency of the Muses], Futurist anthology edited by David Burliuk and Samuil Vermel. Moscow, 1915.
The anthology features poems and prose by Vasily Kamensky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Nikolai Burliuk, Nikolai Aseev, Boris Pasternak and others, alongside illustrations by David Burliuk; print plate reproducing in color a sketch drawn by Aristarkh Lentulov for the set of a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky; and more.
[3]-107, [5] pp + [1] plate, 27 cm. Lacking first leaf. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Tears to edges of several leaves. Large tears to last two leaves, some open and restored with paper; one reinforced with tape. Stained cover, with tears (the spine and additional parts of the cover are lacking and restored with paper; affecting text).
2. Явь, Стихи [Reality, Poems]. Moscow, 1919.
Anthology of poems by poets of the Imaginist movement – a Russian avant-garde poetic movement founded in Moscow in 1918, challenging the Futurist movement. The anthology, published approximately concurrently with the movement's manifesto, contains poems by Vadim Shershenevich, Ryurik Ivnev, Sergei Yesenin, Anatoly Mariengof and others.
69 pp, 26.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Stains. Uneven edges. Stains and tears to cover (lacking spine and other parts of cover; restored with paper).
The covers of both booklets were designed by Aristarkh Lentulov (Аристарх Лентулов, 1882-1943), a Russian painter and scenic designer, a member of the avant-garde group "Jack of Diamods" founded in Moscow in 1910.
Provenance: The collection of Uzi Agassi.
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Russian Avant-Garde
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