Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Ze'ev Raban – Three Sketches – Illustration for the Legend "Solomon and Asmodeus" / Illustration for the Series "Ten Cities" / View from Jerusalem
Opening: $300
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Three sketches by Ze'ev Raban. Pencil on paper.
1. Asmodeus and Bnayahu son of Yehoyada beside the well – illustration for the legend "Solomon and Asmodeus" by Chaim Nachman Bialik, [ca. 1920].
Approx. 25x21 cm. Good condition. Pen writing and paint stains. Minor stains and creases. Attached to a passe-partout.
2. Jaffa, from the series "Ten Cities", [ca.1930]. Stamped with the Hebrew stamp "Ze'ev Raban. Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Jerusalem".
See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, by Bat Sheva Goldman Ida. Jerusalem: Tel-Aviv Museum of Art / Yad Yitchak Ben Zvi, 2001. Item 161.
Approx. 21x26 cm. Fair-good condition. Tears and restored open tears, affecting sketch. Creases. Stains. Verso is blackened with pencil.
3. View from the Old City of Jerusalem to beyond the walls. Stamped with the Hebrew stamp "Ze'ev Raban. Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Jerusalem".
Approx. 26.5x21 cm. Good condition. A few stains, creases and minor blemishes. Verso is blackened with pencil. Attached to a passe-partout.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Asmodeus and Bnayahu son of Yehoyada beside the well – illustration for the legend "Solomon and Asmodeus" by Chaim Nachman Bialik, [ca. 1920].
Approx. 25x21 cm. Good condition. Pen writing and paint stains. Minor stains and creases. Attached to a passe-partout.
2. Jaffa, from the series "Ten Cities", [ca.1930]. Stamped with the Hebrew stamp "Ze'ev Raban. Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Jerusalem".
See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, by Bat Sheva Goldman Ida. Jerusalem: Tel-Aviv Museum of Art / Yad Yitchak Ben Zvi, 2001. Item 161.
Approx. 21x26 cm. Fair-good condition. Tears and restored open tears, affecting sketch. Creases. Stains. Verso is blackened with pencil.
3. View from the Old City of Jerusalem to beyond the walls. Stamped with the Hebrew stamp "Ze'ev Raban. Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban) Bezalel Jerusalem".
Approx. 26.5x21 cm. Good condition. A few stains, creases and minor blemishes. Verso is blackened with pencil. Attached to a passe-partout.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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