Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches – Book of Job
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Book of Job.
Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper. Notations in margins of some sketches.
In 1942, Ze'ev Raban produced a series of illustrations to the Book of Job for a British officer who lost his son. The book was handwritten on parchment and bound in a silver binding, also designed by Raban. In 1967, a printed edition of the Book of Job with Raban's illustrations was published (Sinai Publishing).
The present collection includes: • Six miniature sketches for vignettes decorating the silver binding. Placed in an official British, "On his Majesty's Service'' envelope
addressed to Raban's studio. • Six small watercolor sketches for illustrations. • Some fourteen pencil and ink sketches for illustrations, mostly small, ten of then on tracing paper. • List of the illustrations, handwritten by Raban.
Enclosed: Prints of the twelve illustrations featured in the 1967 edition of the Book of Job.
Sketches for binding: approx. 2.5X2.5 cm. Sketches for illustrations: approx. 7X7 cm. Prints: 15X15 cm. Overall good condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. pp. 166-169.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper. Notations in margins of some sketches.
In 1942, Ze'ev Raban produced a series of illustrations to the Book of Job for a British officer who lost his son. The book was handwritten on parchment and bound in a silver binding, also designed by Raban. In 1967, a printed edition of the Book of Job with Raban's illustrations was published (Sinai Publishing).
The present collection includes: • Six miniature sketches for vignettes decorating the silver binding. Placed in an official British, "On his Majesty's Service'' envelope
addressed to Raban's studio. • Six small watercolor sketches for illustrations. • Some fourteen pencil and ink sketches for illustrations, mostly small, ten of then on tracing paper. • List of the illustrations, handwritten by Raban.
Enclosed: Prints of the twelve illustrations featured in the 1967 edition of the Book of Job.
Sketches for binding: approx. 2.5X2.5 cm. Sketches for illustrations: approx. 7X7 cm. Prints: 15X15 cm. Overall good condition.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. pp. 166-169.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi