22 ink-drawings on paper by Samuel Ovadiahu (1892-1963) – illustrations for children's books. [ca. late 1920s to late 1940s].
1-15. Fifteen drawings for the book "Nissan" by Benzion Raskin (published by B. Barlevi, [1930]).
The illustrations depict scenes from nature, the holiday of Passover and the Exodus from Egypt.
16-22. Seven illustrations for a children's book. Apparently, the illustrations were for the book "Aviv Ziv" by Benzion Raskin – a story about a snake, a fox, a rabbit and a robin, published by B. Barlevi in the 1940s.
The drawings are numbered in pencil. On some of the drawings appear titles and printing instructions.
Samuel Ovadiahu (Ovodovsky, 1892-1963) was born in Ukraine, studied and worked in Germany and Poland and immigrated to Palestine in 1942. Ovadiahu painted realistic landscapes in oil, and was the first winner of the Dizengoff Prize for landscape painting.
Average size: 23X29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases. Tears and open tears at margins of leaves, not affecting the drawings.
Enclosed: "Nissan" by Benzion Raskin, published by B. Barlevi, [Tel-Aviv, 1930].