Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Two Architectural Drawings – "Bezalel" Plot of Land and "Neve Bezalel"

Opening: $300
Unsold
1. Architectural plan for fifteen shops on "Bezalel" plot, architect: Zalman Zelig Axelrod. Jerusalem, 1923. Scale: 1:400. The plan presents the front of the "Bezalel" building with the inscription "Bezalel Yerushalayim", and a drawing of 15 shops on both sides of the plot [present day Shmuel HaNagid street corner of Bezalel pedestrian street]. The shops are seen from the front and from different angles. Architect's signature "Z. Axelrod, Architect Jerusalem Tamuz 27, 1923".
34.5X37 cm, framed 46.5X49.5 cm. Fair condition, folding marks and creases.
2. Architectural plan of "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood, Jerusalem, 1926. A table with numbers and sizes of plots and a map. The neighborhood was planned by Boris Schatz, founder of "Bezalel", who planned to build a neighborhood for artists and workers. He purchased land from the Greek Orthodox Church and this neighborhood was built in the area of present day Narkiss street. Among the original members of the neighborhood were the artists: Mordechai Ardon, Ya'akov Eisenberg, Moshe Muro and Yechye Yemini. For several years the neighborhood existed and functioned as an independent entity.
39X56.5 cm, framed 52.5X70.4 cm. Not examined out of frame. Fair condition, folding marks, holes and creases.
Posters, Bibliophilia, Bezalel, Israeli and International Art
Posters, Bibliophilia, Bezalel, Israeli and International Art