Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Ze'ev Raban – Collection of Drawings – Practical Objects

Opening: $150
Sold for: $300
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Ze'ev Raban – drawings from the design process of different practical items. Pencil and ink on paper.
17 leaves with tens of small drawings which were used for the design of various objects – pendants, amulets, silver ornamentations, letter openers, mouthpieces, and more.
All of the drawings or most of them were done by Ze'ev Raban, in the joint workshop of Raban and Meir Gur-Aryeh. One leaf is ink-stamped "Zeev Raban, workshop for industrial art (former Gur-Aryeh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem"; one drawing is pasted to official stationery of Meir Gur-Aryeh; one drawing is dated: 1945.
Titles or handwritten instructions appear on some of the leaves. Inscriptions "Leyichye" or "Yichye" appear next to some drawings [for silversmith Yichye Yemini, with whom Raban worked]. ?17 leaves, size and condition vary.
Bezalel – Prints, Books and Objects
Bezalel – Prints, Books and Objects