Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Palestine Pictures – Ze’ev Raban – Bezalel Binding with a Relief of the Tower of David
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Sold for: $375
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[Palestine, 10 pictures by Ze'ev Raban], [Jerusalem, 1931].
Album with ten reproductions of works by Raban – views of Palestine: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tiberias, Western Wall, Safed, Tower of David, Haifa, Rachel's Tomb, Hebron and Jericho. The reproductions are mounted on leaves, with passé-par-touts and tissue guards. A relief of the Tower of David is set in the binding, with the gilt legend "Bezalel Yerushalem" appearing beneath.
On one of the blank pages at the beginning of the book appears a handwritten dedication dated 1942.
[10] printed plates, approx. 25X17 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Blemishes and small tears to the margins of the reproductions, some of them restored. Album: 31.5 cm. Minor blemishes to leaves and binding.
Album with ten reproductions of works by Raban – views of Palestine: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tiberias, Western Wall, Safed, Tower of David, Haifa, Rachel's Tomb, Hebron and Jericho. The reproductions are mounted on leaves, with passé-par-touts and tissue guards. A relief of the Tower of David is set in the binding, with the gilt legend "Bezalel Yerushalem" appearing beneath.
On one of the blank pages at the beginning of the book appears a handwritten dedication dated 1942.
[10] printed plates, approx. 25X17 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Blemishes and small tears to the margins of the reproductions, some of them restored. Album: 31.5 cm. Minor blemishes to leaves and binding.
Bezalel
Bezalel