Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Ze'ev Raban – Two Colorful Sketches for Legends about King Solomon
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Two sketches for illustrations to legends about King Solomon, by Ze'ev Raban. [ca. 1920s].
1. "Vayuva Ashmedai Lifne HaMelech", sketch for an illustration – the legend "Shlomo veAshmedai" by Haim Nachman Bialik. Watercolor on paper.
Approx. 21X13 cm, framed: 52.5X42.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases and stains. A number of tears at margins of leaves, reinforced with adhesive tape. Unexamined out of frame.
Literature: Zeev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist by Bat-Sheva Goldman Ida. ( Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yitzchak Ben-Zvi Institute, 2001. Item no. 169.2 (p. 127).
2. Shlomo HaMelech al Kis'o, sketch for an illustration (apparently for a legend about King Solomon adapted by Haim Nachman Bialik). Watercolor and pencil on paper.
Leaf: 24X16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases. Small tears at margins of leaf. Lower left corner of leaf is missing (no damage to illustration). Matted.
1. "Vayuva Ashmedai Lifne HaMelech", sketch for an illustration – the legend "Shlomo veAshmedai" by Haim Nachman Bialik. Watercolor on paper.
Approx. 21X13 cm, framed: 52.5X42.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases and stains. A number of tears at margins of leaves, reinforced with adhesive tape. Unexamined out of frame.
Literature: Zeev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist by Bat-Sheva Goldman Ida. ( Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yitzchak Ben-Zvi Institute, 2001. Item no. 169.2 (p. 127).
2. Shlomo HaMelech al Kis'o, sketch for an illustration (apparently for a legend about King Solomon adapted by Haim Nachman Bialik). Watercolor and pencil on paper.
Leaf: 24X16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases. Small tears at margins of leaf. Lower left corner of leaf is missing (no damage to illustration). Matted.
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