Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Meir Gur-Aryeh - "If You Will It, It Is No Dream" / Haifa Bay - Sketch for a Postcard

Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Meir Gur-Aryeh, sketch for a postcard. Ink and pencil on paper. Inkstamped on the reverse with the stamp "Industrial Art Workshop", joint workshop of Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur-Aryeh. [ca.1950].
A fine illustration in black and white. On the left - Herzl’s profile portrait and on the right- a drawing of Haifa Bay, with illustration of Jezzar Pasha Mosque in Acre and the Technion building in Haifa. A boat sailing to Israel's shores is seen in the center.
The illustration was printed and produced as a postcard (Goldberg press) with several differences: the sites portraying Acre and Haifa were omitted and factories in Haifa bay were added instead; an inscription was added to the illustration: "If you will it - it is no dream". This illustration also appears on a postal envelope for the 1951 Independence Day of Israel. Leaf ca. 25X16.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damages.
Posters, "Bezalel", Bibliophilia, Israeli and International Art
Posters, "Bezalel", Bibliophilia, Israeli and International Art