Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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![Three paper-cuts. [Israel (?), second half of the 20th century]. 1. Paper-cut by Henryk Hechtkopf. [Israel, second half of th](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/218_1.jpg "Three Paper-Cuts – Israel, Second Half of 20th the Century")
![Three paper-cuts. [Israel (?), second half of the 20th century]. 1. Paper-cut by Henryk Hechtkopf. [Israel, second half of th](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/218_2.jpg "Three Paper-Cuts – Israel, Second Half of 20th the Century")
![Three paper-cuts. [Israel (?), second half of the 20th century]. 1. Paper-cut by Henryk Hechtkopf. [Israel, second half of th](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/218_3.jpg "Three Paper-Cuts – Israel, Second Half of 20th the Century")
Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
Unsold
Three paper-cuts. [Israel (?), second half of the 20th century].
1. Paper-cut by Henryk Hechtkopf. [Israel, second half of the 20th century].
Round paper-cut in a light brown shade, on brown background, depicting two lions supporting a seven-branched Menorah. Signed "H. Hechtkopf".
Diameter: 22.5 cm, framed: 42X31 cm. Good condition. Repaired with paper of a different color. White stain. Slight stains. Creases. Unexamined out of frame.
2. Paper-cut, signed "CGW(?) 80".
Cream-color paper-cut, on brown background, showing a pair of deer surrounded by vegetal patters.
Approx. 18X13.5 cm, framed: 38.5X31 cm. Good condition. Unexamined out of frame.
3. Paper-cut "VeSamachta Bechagecha" (rejoice on your festivals).
A brown paper-cut on a cream-color background, featuring a seven-branched Menorah, and the verse "VeSamachta Bechagecha" flaked by two lions, surrounded by palm trees, birds, Shofars and Seven-Species fruit.
38X29 cm, framed: 47X38.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Unexamined out of frame.
1. Paper-cut by Henryk Hechtkopf. [Israel, second half of the 20th century].
Round paper-cut in a light brown shade, on brown background, depicting two lions supporting a seven-branched Menorah. Signed "H. Hechtkopf".
Diameter: 22.5 cm, framed: 42X31 cm. Good condition. Repaired with paper of a different color. White stain. Slight stains. Creases. Unexamined out of frame.
2. Paper-cut, signed "CGW(?) 80".
Cream-color paper-cut, on brown background, showing a pair of deer surrounded by vegetal patters.
Approx. 18X13.5 cm, framed: 38.5X31 cm. Good condition. Unexamined out of frame.
3. Paper-cut "VeSamachta Bechagecha" (rejoice on your festivals).
A brown paper-cut on a cream-color background, featuring a seven-branched Menorah, and the verse "VeSamachta Bechagecha" flaked by two lions, surrounded by palm trees, birds, Shofars and Seven-Species fruit.
38X29 cm, framed: 47X38.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Unexamined out of frame.
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Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $300
Unsold
Paper-cut "Mizrah" by Yehudit Shadur. Israel, 1981.
Paper-cut in blue on yellowish background, with gold letters and silver and green decorations. Depicted in this paper-cut is the Temple Mount in a schematic style, surrounded by verses and letter combinations: an acronym representing the words "the holy city" appears on top, with the verse "Sha'alu Shlom Yerushalayim". On both sides of the paper-cut appear acronyms "Smu"t" [Sur Mera Vease Tov] and "Atl"s" [Ach Tov LeIsrael Sela] and below – the sentence "Mitzad Zeh Ruach Chaim" (from this direction comes the spirit of life). The paper-cut is signed in initial in pencil, in Hebrew and English, and is dedicated "To Dov and Tamar – with friendship, Yehudit".
Paper-cut: 26.5X20.5 cm, framed: 34.5X39.5 cm. Good condition. Unexamined out of frame.
Paper-cut in blue on yellowish background, with gold letters and silver and green decorations. Depicted in this paper-cut is the Temple Mount in a schematic style, surrounded by verses and letter combinations: an acronym representing the words "the holy city" appears on top, with the verse "Sha'alu Shlom Yerushalayim". On both sides of the paper-cut appear acronyms "Smu"t" [Sur Mera Vease Tov] and "Atl"s" [Ach Tov LeIsrael Sela] and below – the sentence "Mitzad Zeh Ruach Chaim" (from this direction comes the spirit of life). The paper-cut is signed in initial in pencil, in Hebrew and English, and is dedicated "To Dov and Tamar – with friendship, Yehudit".
Paper-cut: 26.5X20.5 cm, framed: 34.5X39.5 cm. Good condition. Unexamined out of frame.
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Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Collection of stamps: most with designers' signatures. Israel, late 1940s and early 1950s. The collection contains:
* Stamps designed by Otte Wallisch, with his signatures: Two stamps of the "Jubilee of the JNF 1951", with tabs (different); two stamps of "HaMenorah", 1952, with the tabs; six stamps of the "First Revolution" (different), 1949; two stamps of "The World Post Association" (different), 1950; four service stamps (different), 1951; three stamps of the fourth Israeli Day of Independence (diffrent), 1951; two stamps of TBA (Ta'aruchat Bulim Artzit) National Philatelic Exhibition (different), 1952.
* "Tabul – Souvenir Sheet", 1949
* Three stamps of Moadim L'Simcha (different), 1949, with tabs. Two are signed by the designers Gabriel and Maxim Shamir.
* "Hanegev" Stamp (drawn by Reuven Rubin), 1950, with tab.
* Stamp of the Jubilee of the JNF (with the inscription "And the land shall not be sold permanently"), 1951, with tab. With designers' signatures: Wind-Struski (Willy Wind and Yehuda Struski).
* Two stamps of Beit Zionei America, 1952, with tab and with designers' signatures: Wind- Struski (Willy Wind and Yehuda Struski).
* Stamp of the Third Maccabiah, 1952 with tab.
* Two greeting cards with the inscription: A Souvenir… to remember May 1953 and our collaboration in the production of the first photogravure printed postage stamp of Israel". Signed by Otto Lilien. The stamp of the International Congress of Science History (with the portrait of the Rambam) is pasted on both cards, 1953.
* More.
Total of 30 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Provenance: Estate of Otto Lilien.
* Stamps designed by Otte Wallisch, with his signatures: Two stamps of the "Jubilee of the JNF 1951", with tabs (different); two stamps of "HaMenorah", 1952, with the tabs; six stamps of the "First Revolution" (different), 1949; two stamps of "The World Post Association" (different), 1950; four service stamps (different), 1951; three stamps of the fourth Israeli Day of Independence (diffrent), 1951; two stamps of TBA (Ta'aruchat Bulim Artzit) National Philatelic Exhibition (different), 1952.
* "Tabul – Souvenir Sheet", 1949
* Three stamps of Moadim L'Simcha (different), 1949, with tabs. Two are signed by the designers Gabriel and Maxim Shamir.
* "Hanegev" Stamp (drawn by Reuven Rubin), 1950, with tab.
* Stamp of the Jubilee of the JNF (with the inscription "And the land shall not be sold permanently"), 1951, with tab. With designers' signatures: Wind-Struski (Willy Wind and Yehuda Struski).
* Two stamps of Beit Zionei America, 1952, with tab and with designers' signatures: Wind- Struski (Willy Wind and Yehuda Struski).
* Stamp of the Third Maccabiah, 1952 with tab.
* Two greeting cards with the inscription: A Souvenir… to remember May 1953 and our collaboration in the production of the first photogravure printed postage stamp of Israel". Signed by Otto Lilien. The stamp of the International Congress of Science History (with the portrait of the Rambam) is pasted on both cards, 1953.
* More.
Total of 30 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Provenance: Estate of Otto Lilien.
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Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of hundreds of envelopes sent to Palestine from the Russian Empire, USA, and other places. Most envelopes were used, most probably, to send donations. Late 19th century and first decades of 20th century.
Large collection of envelopes with postal ink-stamps and various stamps. Among them:
* Envelopes addressed to Rabbi Shmuel Salant, rabbi and leader of the Jerusalemite Ashkenazi congregation. The envelopes were used for sending donations to Jerusalem, and were sent from different towns in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century (ca. 1897-1908). Some envelopes are sealed with wax seals of the towns of origin – from Rēzekne (nowadays in Latvia), Rokiškis (presently in north-east Lithuania), Jelgava (now in Latvia), Kazan, Odessa, and other towns. One envelope is ink-stamped with the stamp of "Beit Va'ad HaKlali LeAdat HaAshkenazim BeYerushalayim". * Many envelopes sent to the United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem (United appeal of Talmud-Torah "Etz Haim" and "Bikur Cholim" Hospital); numerous envelopes are official envelopes printed "United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem". Most envelopes were sent to Jerusalem from various cities in the United States in the 1920s. * Two envelopes stamped with wax stamps: one sent from Uruguay to Jerusalem, and one sent from Jerusalem. * And more.
Total of approx.560 envelopes. Size and condition vary.
Large collection of envelopes with postal ink-stamps and various stamps. Among them:
* Envelopes addressed to Rabbi Shmuel Salant, rabbi and leader of the Jerusalemite Ashkenazi congregation. The envelopes were used for sending donations to Jerusalem, and were sent from different towns in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century (ca. 1897-1908). Some envelopes are sealed with wax seals of the towns of origin – from Rēzekne (nowadays in Latvia), Rokiškis (presently in north-east Lithuania), Jelgava (now in Latvia), Kazan, Odessa, and other towns. One envelope is ink-stamped with the stamp of "Beit Va'ad HaKlali LeAdat HaAshkenazim BeYerushalayim". * Many envelopes sent to the United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem (United appeal of Talmud-Torah "Etz Haim" and "Bikur Cholim" Hospital); numerous envelopes are official envelopes printed "United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem". Most envelopes were sent to Jerusalem from various cities in the United States in the 1920s. * Two envelopes stamped with wax stamps: one sent from Uruguay to Jerusalem, and one sent from Jerusalem. * And more.
Total of approx.560 envelopes. Size and condition vary.
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Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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![62 bookplates. Europe and Palestine, [1820 through mid 20th century].
The collection includes some fine bookplates of very hi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/222.jpg "Collection of Bookplates – Artists, Intellectuals and Culture Institut")
Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
62 bookplates. Europe and Palestine, [1820 through mid 20th century].
The collection includes some fine bookplates of very high artistic quality, among them: * Bookplate by E.M. Lilien. * Bookplate by Mordechai and Leah Avi-Shaul designed by Shlomo Yedidya. * Bookplate of S. [Shalom] Horowitz designed by Ze'ev Raban. * Bookplate of "Bezalel" designed by E.M. Lilien. * Bookplate "From the books of Zalamn ben Ya'akov Gordon" designed by E.M. Lilien. * Bookplate "From the books of Moshe Bar Shimshon Marx" designed by Joseph Budko. * Bookplates designed by Hermann Struck. * Bookplate "from the books of Ya'akov Klatzkin" designed by Ben-Zion Zuckermann. * Bookplate of Gershom Shalom. * And more.
The collection also includes bookplates indicating that the book was donated to "Toelet" company or belonged to this company, Amsterdam, [1820-1825]; a bookplate (printed in golden ink) indicating that the book was donated by Rabbi Yosef Arvatz to David Wolfson; a bookplate indicating that the book is a prize for excellence to a student in "Talmud Torah Ivrit beIvrit" in London, [1917], and more.
A number of bookplates appear in multiple copies.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $150
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Share certificate by "Otzar Geula, Jewish folk cooperative association – Sofia". Sofia (Bulgaria), February 24, 1939. Hebrew and Bulgarian.
Certificate of 2 shares, "one hundred lev each". Decorative frame with the symbols of the 12 tribes and vegetal motifs. Bearing the company's ink-stamp and two (cut) stamps.
The Otzar Geula Bank was founded in Sofia in 1921, was nationalized in 1941 and operated again after WWII until it was renationalized.
28X38 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Closed and open tears to edges. Stains.
Certificate of 2 shares, "one hundred lev each". Decorative frame with the symbols of the 12 tribes and vegetal motifs. Bearing the company's ink-stamp and two (cut) stamps.
The Otzar Geula Bank was founded in Sofia in 1921, was nationalized in 1941 and operated again after WWII until it was renationalized.
28X38 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Closed and open tears to edges. Stains.
Category
Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Share certificate for Jerusalem Film Production Co. Printed by Ronalds' Press, Jerusalem, 1940s. Design: Meir Gur Ariej and Ze'ev Raban. English.
Printed at the bottom is a drawing of a photographer with his camera on the setting of the city of Jerusalem. A frame composed of plants interwoven with a filmstrip surrounds the text. Signed in the plate: "Gur Arieh-Raban".
The certificate is unused.
28X35 cm. Good-fair condition. Wrinkles and folding creases. Tears to edges. Spotting.
Printed at the bottom is a drawing of a photographer with his camera on the setting of the city of Jerusalem. A frame composed of plants interwoven with a filmstrip surrounds the text. Signed in the plate: "Gur Arieh-Raban".
The certificate is unused.
28X35 cm. Good-fair condition. Wrinkles and folding creases. Tears to edges. Spotting.
Category
Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Share certificate of "Jerusalem Film Production Co. Ronalds' Press, Jerusalem, 1945. Design: Meir Gur-Arieh and Ze'ev Raban. English.
The certificate certifies that Mr. Joseph S. Mashall purchased 400 company shares. A frame composed of plants interwoven with a filmstrip surrounds the text. A medallion with the company seal appears at the bottom of the frame. Signed in the plate: "Gur Arieh-Raban".
28X35 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Closed and open tears (not affecting print). Stains.
The certificate certifies that Mr. Joseph S. Mashall purchased 400 company shares. A frame composed of plants interwoven with a filmstrip surrounds the text. A medallion with the company seal appears at the bottom of the frame. Signed in the plate: "Gur Arieh-Raban".
28X35 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Closed and open tears (not affecting print). Stains.
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Posters and Graphic Art; Philatelia, Bookplates and Share Certificates
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Ma'ase HaEz, by S.Y. Agnon. Illustrated by Ze'ev Raban. Jerusalem: "Haginah", (1925).
Children's story by Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Accompanied by four color illustrations by Ze'ev Raban. Cover illustration by Ze'ev Raban.
[1] front cover, [5] leaves, 20X27.5 cm. Back cover lacking. Fair condition. Numerous stains and creases (vertical folding line throughout all of the leaves). Small tears to margins of several leaves. Ink stamp. Front cover detached and worn, with tears at margins.
Children's story by Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Accompanied by four color illustrations by Ze'ev Raban. Cover illustration by Ze'ev Raban.
[1] front cover, [5] leaves, 20X27.5 cm. Back cover lacking. Fair condition. Numerous stains and creases (vertical folding line throughout all of the leaves). Small tears to margins of several leaves. Ink stamp. Front cover detached and worn, with tears at margins.
Category
Bezalel
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Souvenir from HaSolel printing press, printed and (stencil) colored fabric. Jerusalem, 1921. Hebrew, English and Arabic. Illustration: Ze'ev Raban (not signed).
Fabric printed in honor of HaSolel's transition from manual typesetting to a Linotype machine. The title "HaSolel, Palestine company for advertising and publication" (Hebrew, English and Arabic) is printed on both the top and bottom margins. Printed on right and left margins: "In commemoration of the dedication of the typesetting machines at the HaSolel Company, Jerusalem, 18th of Shevat 1921" (Hebrew, English and Arabic). The date of the founding of the printing press appears in the top corners: 12th of Av 1919.
Two illustrations appear in the center of the textile demonstrating the transition between the old and new – The top illustration shows an ancient scribe writing with a quill and the lower illustration shows a worker holding a board with the printed words "This is no legend", standing next to a modern printer made by the Intertype Company. Between the two illustrations are the names of newspapers printed in the printing press: Doar Hayom, Palestine Weekly and Barid El-Yom.
The Hasolel printing press was established in 1919 and became the leading and most progressive printing press in Jerusalem at that time, engaged by most of the daily newspapers. It was located in a street named after the company, Hasolel Street (later changed to Havatzelet St.).
40X57 cm. size of illustration: 34X51 cm. Fair-good condition. Faded print. Stains. Slight unravelling at edges. The textile edges are folded and pierced.
Fabric printed in honor of HaSolel's transition from manual typesetting to a Linotype machine. The title "HaSolel, Palestine company for advertising and publication" (Hebrew, English and Arabic) is printed on both the top and bottom margins. Printed on right and left margins: "In commemoration of the dedication of the typesetting machines at the HaSolel Company, Jerusalem, 18th of Shevat 1921" (Hebrew, English and Arabic). The date of the founding of the printing press appears in the top corners: 12th of Av 1919.
Two illustrations appear in the center of the textile demonstrating the transition between the old and new – The top illustration shows an ancient scribe writing with a quill and the lower illustration shows a worker holding a board with the printed words "This is no legend", standing next to a modern printer made by the Intertype Company. Between the two illustrations are the names of newspapers printed in the printing press: Doar Hayom, Palestine Weekly and Barid El-Yom.
The Hasolel printing press was established in 1919 and became the leading and most progressive printing press in Jerusalem at that time, engaged by most of the daily newspapers. It was located in a street named after the company, Hasolel Street (later changed to Havatzelet St.).
40X57 cm. size of illustration: 34X51 cm. Fair-good condition. Faded print. Stains. Slight unravelling at edges. The textile edges are folded and pierced.
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Bezalel
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![Two sketches for emblems designed for the Polish Armed Forces by Ze'ev Raban. [1940s]. 1. Sketch for a shield for Legia Ofice](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/228_1.jpg "Ze'ev Raban – Two Sketches for the Polish Armed Forces in the West")
![Two sketches for emblems designed for the Polish Armed Forces by Ze'ev Raban. [1940s]. 1. Sketch for a shield for Legia Ofice](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/228_2.jpg "Ze'ev Raban – Two Sketches for the Polish Armed Forces in the West")
Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Two sketches for emblems designed for the Polish Armed Forces by Ze'ev Raban. [1940s].
1. Sketch for a shield for Legia Oficerska (officers legion), a division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West (Army of Free Poland) that later on became part of Anders' Army.
Pencil on paper. Stamped with the ink-stamp "Industrial Art Studion M. Gur Arieh & Z. Raban Bezalel Jerusalem". Signed by hand by Raban and dated 15.7.42.
The sketch portrays a woman with a halo around her head, spreading her arms to protect a ship with the legion's emblem below it. Along the margins of the shield appears the caption: "Matce Bożej Częstochowskiej Królowej korony polskiej w holdzie legia oficerska", and the date 25.v.1941.
28.5X22 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and open tears along the margins of the sketch. Creases. Stains. Attached to passé-par tout.
2. Sketch for a medal (?) to Polish Army soldiers, [1940s].
Pencil and watercolor on paper. Signed on verso with the ink-stamp: "Ze'ev Raban, studio for industrial art (formerly Gur Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem". (Hebrew).
The sketch portrays a cross with a white eagle behind it – Polish coat of arms.
21.5X14 cm. Good condition. Slight tears at margins. Stains.
For a similar sketch see: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, by Batsheva Goldman-Ida, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem,2001), p. 188.
1. Sketch for a shield for Legia Oficerska (officers legion), a division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West (Army of Free Poland) that later on became part of Anders' Army.
Pencil on paper. Stamped with the ink-stamp "Industrial Art Studion M. Gur Arieh & Z. Raban Bezalel Jerusalem". Signed by hand by Raban and dated 15.7.42.
The sketch portrays a woman with a halo around her head, spreading her arms to protect a ship with the legion's emblem below it. Along the margins of the shield appears the caption: "Matce Bożej Częstochowskiej Królowej korony polskiej w holdzie legia oficerska", and the date 25.v.1941.
28.5X22 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and open tears along the margins of the sketch. Creases. Stains. Attached to passé-par tout.
2. Sketch for a medal (?) to Polish Army soldiers, [1940s].
Pencil and watercolor on paper. Signed on verso with the ink-stamp: "Ze'ev Raban, studio for industrial art (formerly Gur Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem". (Hebrew).
The sketch portrays a cross with a white eagle behind it – Polish coat of arms.
21.5X14 cm. Good condition. Slight tears at margins. Stains.
For a similar sketch see: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, by Batsheva Goldman-Ida, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem,2001), p. 188.
Category
Bezalel
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![Two sketches for logos by Ze'ev Raban. 1. Sketch for a stylized version of te Palmach symbol [1940s]. Ink on paper. Signed (t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/229_1.jpg "Ze'ev Raban – Two Sketches for Logos – Palmach and \"Palestine Post\"")
![Two sketches for logos by Ze'ev Raban. 1. Sketch for a stylized version of te Palmach symbol [1940s]. Ink on paper. Signed (t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/229_2.jpg "Ze'ev Raban – Two Sketches for Logos – Palmach and \"Palestine Post\"")
Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $150
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Two sketches for logos by Ze'ev Raban.
1. Sketch for a stylized version of te Palmach symbol [1940s].
Ink on paper. Signed (twice) with the ink stamp "Ze'ev Raban, studio for industrial art (formerly Gur Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
The Palmach symbol was designed by Aryeh Elchanani after a proposal by a Palmach fighter Shoshana Spector. This sketch portrays an unusually stylized version, probably for pins designed by Raban.
21X23.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears at margins and pinholes. Open tear at upper left corner (not affecting sketch), restored with pasted paper. Stains. Attached to passé-par tout at upper margins.
2. Printed sketch (with markings in pencil) for the logo of "The Palestine Post" newspaper. [1932]. Signed (twice) with ink stamp "Ze'ev Raban, studio for industrial art (formerly Gur Arieh and Raban) Besalel Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
This newspaper was founded in 1927 by Gershon Agron as "The Palestine Bulletin". In 1932 the name was changed to "The Palestine Post" and this logo appeared on the front page until 1937.
Approx. 28X9.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Stains. Attached at upper margins to passé-par tout.
1. Sketch for a stylized version of te Palmach symbol [1940s].
Ink on paper. Signed (twice) with the ink stamp "Ze'ev Raban, studio for industrial art (formerly Gur Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
The Palmach symbol was designed by Aryeh Elchanani after a proposal by a Palmach fighter Shoshana Spector. This sketch portrays an unusually stylized version, probably for pins designed by Raban.
21X23.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears at margins and pinholes. Open tear at upper left corner (not affecting sketch), restored with pasted paper. Stains. Attached to passé-par tout at upper margins.
2. Printed sketch (with markings in pencil) for the logo of "The Palestine Post" newspaper. [1932]. Signed (twice) with ink stamp "Ze'ev Raban, studio for industrial art (formerly Gur Arieh and Raban) Besalel Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
This newspaper was founded in 1927 by Gershon Agron as "The Palestine Bulletin". In 1932 the name was changed to "The Palestine Post" and this logo appeared on the front page until 1937.
Approx. 28X9.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Stains. Attached at upper margins to passé-par tout.
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Bezalel
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