Sketch for a "Shana Tovah" greeting card by Shalom Sebba (1897-1975), 1949. Tempera on green paper. Signed and dated in pencil. Sketch: approx. 12X10 cm (22X15 cm leaf). Good condition. Stains. The illustration, from a series of biblical illustrations, depicts Abraham in Parashat "Lech Lecha". Inscribed "Happy New Year" in Hebrew and English. Siegfried Shalom Sebba (1897-1975), painter, stage designer, sculptor, photographer and book-illustrator. Born in Prussia, he acquired his artistic training in Königsberg and Berlin. Immigrated to Palestine in 1936. A pre-Canaanite artist, Sebba's work was characterized by rotund, heavy figures and objects, emphasized by solid, clear contours. In 1967 he moved to Germany, where he lived until his death.