Ze'ev Raban, sketch for a holocaust memorial plaque. Eretz Israel, [1949].
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Frame shaped as a prayer shawl; on the upper part appear two medallions: one with a memorial candle and a Shofar, the other with a shattered pillar and a jug. The central illustration portrays flames and a long snake with swastikas on its body; a Torah is seen on the floor. On the lower part are two large memorial candles. Inscription: "In memory of our relatives who were murdered, slaughtered, burnt and choked…" Verses handwritten in pencil appear on the borders and were meant to be integrated into the final version.
Ink-stamped "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem".
Literature: Ze'ev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist. Exhibition catalogue, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2001 (curator:Bat-Sheva Goldman Ida), pp 174-175; no. 226 (photographed).
Approx. 26X19 cm. Minor stains, creases and folding marks. Restored tears. Frame: 39.5X32.5 cm, not examined outside of the frame.