Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Ze'ev Raban - Collection of Drawings - Objects

Opening: $500
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Ze'ev Raban - drawings of the design process of different items. Pencil and ink on paper.
13 leaves with tens of small drawings which were used for the design of various objects - pendants, amulets, silver ornamentations, letter openers, mouthpieces, and more.
All of the drawings or most of them were done by "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (former Gur-Aryeh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem"; one drawing is pasted to official stationery of Meir Gur-Aryeh; one drawing dated: 1945.
Titles or handwritten instructions appear on some of the leaves. Inscriptions "Leyichye" or "Yichye" appear next to some drawings [drawn for silversmith Yichye Yemini, with whom Raban worked]. 13 leaves, size and condition varies.
Posters, "Bezalel", Bibliophilia, Israeli and International Art
Posters, "Bezalel", Bibliophilia, Israeli and International Art