Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Postcards Collection – "Bezalel"

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Fifteen postcards related to the National Museum and Art Academy "Bezalel", some were printed several years after the opening of the school:
1-5. Five postcards with photos of workshops and exhibition halls in "Bezalel", 1910s. Printed in Germany. Annotated in English and in German.
6. Postcard produced by "Levanon", Moscow: "First 'Bezalel' exhibition in Jaffa".
7-8. Two postcards by Y. Ben-Dov, Bezalel, Jerusalem: "Women exercising in Bezalel", "the museum".
9-10. Two postcards with photos of the Damascus-craftsmanship workshop in "Bezalel", produced by JNF.
11. Advertisement postcard for "Artistic playing cards from Eretz Israel" painted by Ze'ev Raban 'Bezalel' Jerusalem".
12-13. Two postcards with no publisher's name: "Yemenites in Bezalel" and "Museum in Bezalel".
14. Small postcard, "Sculptor Israel Sebbah in Bezalel garden".
15. Two postcards with silhouettes by Meir Gur-Arye, of the "Levin-Kipnis Machbarot", "Moriya", "HaShachar" printing press, Tel Aviv.
Bezalel, Art and Art Books, Bibliophilia
Bezalel, Art and Art Books, Bibliophilia