Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Shmuel Ben-David – Color Lithograph for "Bezalel" – Yemenite Boy / Lithograph by Raphael Avraham Shalem
Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
A color lithograph by Shmuel Ben-David (1927-1980). "Bezalel", Jerusalem, [ca. 1908-1910].
A small poster (color lithograp), from the early printed artistic publications of "Bezalel".
The poster depicts a Yemenite boy in a striped robe, holding in his hand an Esther Scroll case in the style of filigree cases made by "Bezalel", on the background of "Bezalel" houses. The poster is signed in the plate: "Ben David" and "Bezalel Yerushalem".
On the reverse of the leaf – a printed lithograph by Raphael Avraham Shalem, portraying a bird of prey gliding over the sea.
32.5X28.5 cm. Stains and paint stains. Defects. Tears, Open tears, restored.
A small poster (color lithograp), from the early printed artistic publications of "Bezalel".
The poster depicts a Yemenite boy in a striped robe, holding in his hand an Esther Scroll case in the style of filigree cases made by "Bezalel", on the background of "Bezalel" houses. The poster is signed in the plate: "Ben David" and "Bezalel Yerushalem".
On the reverse of the leaf – a printed lithograph by Raphael Avraham Shalem, portraying a bird of prey gliding over the sea.
32.5X28.5 cm. Stains and paint stains. Defects. Tears, Open tears, restored.
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