Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
Unsold
A decorated copper plate, manufactured at "Bezalel", Jerusalem, [first half of 20th century].
Copper, etching. Marked "Bezalel Yehrushalem" (Hebrew).
On the circumference of the plate appears an ornamented ring depicting the Children of Israel leaving Egypt, and on the top of the plate appears the shape of the Tablets of the Law, inscribed "Exodus from Egypt, Bezalel, Yerushalem" (Hebrew). In the center - a round medallion, surrounded by a ring of stylized Stars of David with an inscription in the center: "and I shall bring you to the country…" (Hebrew).
Diameter: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Slight defects. Suspension loop on the back.
Copper, etching. Marked "Bezalel Yehrushalem" (Hebrew).
On the circumference of the plate appears an ornamented ring depicting the Children of Israel leaving Egypt, and on the top of the plate appears the shape of the Tablets of the Law, inscribed "Exodus from Egypt, Bezalel, Yerushalem" (Hebrew). In the center - a round medallion, surrounded by a ring of stylized Stars of David with an inscription in the center: "and I shall bring you to the country…" (Hebrew).
Diameter: 19.5 cm. Good condition. Slight defects. Suspension loop on the back.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Decorated wall candlestick. Made by "Bezalel", Sharar Group, Jerusalem, [ca.1920s].
Wood; copper, repousée and engraved. Marked "Bezalel", "Sharar".
Wall candlestick made of a repousée copper plaque fixed on a wooden base. The plaque is decorated with sun beams and stars around the candle's base, with a round medallion on the upper part depicting the spies carrying a cluster of grapes.
28.5X18 cm. Good condition. Some stains and bends to copper. Slight soldering repairs. Worming damages and cracks to wood.
Wood; copper, repousée and engraved. Marked "Bezalel", "Sharar".
Wall candlestick made of a repousée copper plaque fixed on a wooden base. The plaque is decorated with sun beams and stars around the candle's base, with a round medallion on the upper part depicting the spies carrying a cluster of grapes.
28.5X18 cm. Good condition. Some stains and bends to copper. Slight soldering repairs. Worming damages and cracks to wood.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Bible with English translation, edited by M. Friedlander. Jerusalem: "Society for the publication of the Bible Yerushalem Ltd.", [1953]. Elaborate binding in "Bezalel" style.
Etched silver, filigree, granulation; gems. Marked: "Bezalel", St. 925, Hand Made, Israel.
On the front binding is a window with a filigree bar, topped with a small opening with a gemstone set in it, and in its center is a medallion showing Moses carrying the Tablets of the Law. Curving vine twigs and clusters of grapes are etched all around. Titles on the spine: "Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim" (Hebrew) and "The Holy Bible"; on the back binding appear the symbols of the Twelve Tribes. The binding is locked with a clasp etched with the image of a palm tree.
11.5X14X6.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Minute break. Damage to the hinge of the clasp. Stains to margins of leaves.
Etched silver, filigree, granulation; gems. Marked: "Bezalel", St. 925, Hand Made, Israel.
On the front binding is a window with a filigree bar, topped with a small opening with a gemstone set in it, and in its center is a medallion showing Moses carrying the Tablets of the Law. Curving vine twigs and clusters of grapes are etched all around. Titles on the spine: "Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim" (Hebrew) and "The Holy Bible"; on the back binding appear the symbols of the Twelve Tribes. The binding is locked with a clasp etched with the image of a palm tree.
11.5X14X6.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Minute break. Damage to the hinge of the clasp. Stains to margins of leaves.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
"Jewish Artists Association, Gift to Memebers" (Hebrew). Published by "Bezalel School, Jerusalem" [ca. 1926].
An album handed out as a gift to members of the "Jewish Artists Association", containing eight stencil prints by Shmuel Ben-David and Meir Gur-Arie, and photographic reproductions of various works (including the sculpture "Mattathias the Hasmonean" and the bronze plaque "Midnight", both by Boris Schatz).
The prints and photographs are mounted on brown paper and inserted in a black paper cover (also stencil-printed).
The "Jewish Artists Association" was founded in 1920. Its first board members were Shmuel Ben-David, Meir Gur-Arie, Abraham Melnikoff and Abel Pann. In the years 1921-1928 the association held a number of exhibitions; all except one were held at the Tower of David. During the 1930s the association's activities ceased, and in 1934 it was replaced by the "Painters and Sculptors Association".
[12] leaves, 22X30 cm (print size varies). Filing holes to each leaf and to cover (for binding with a string). Good condition. Defects to cover. Inserted in a box.
An album handed out as a gift to members of the "Jewish Artists Association", containing eight stencil prints by Shmuel Ben-David and Meir Gur-Arie, and photographic reproductions of various works (including the sculpture "Mattathias the Hasmonean" and the bronze plaque "Midnight", both by Boris Schatz).
The prints and photographs are mounted on brown paper and inserted in a black paper cover (also stencil-printed).
The "Jewish Artists Association" was founded in 1920. Its first board members were Shmuel Ben-David, Meir Gur-Arie, Abraham Melnikoff and Abel Pann. In the years 1921-1928 the association held a number of exhibitions; all except one were held at the Tower of David. During the 1930s the association's activities ceased, and in 1934 it was replaced by the "Painters and Sculptors Association".
[12] leaves, 22X30 cm (print size varies). Filing holes to each leaf and to cover (for binding with a string). Good condition. Defects to cover. Inserted in a box.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Unsold
A large sketch (Ink on thick paper) for a "membership certificate" of the "Organization of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine", presented to "founding members" who donated 250 Francs for the foundation of this school. Signed: "J. Stark, Bezalel, Yerushalem" (Hebrew). [1906].
A large ink sketch. On the right appears the figure of Moses holding a book under his arm, and to the left - the figure of Jacob; on the top appear illustrations of science study tools on the background of a rich library, and on the bottom are two silhouettes depicting the towns of Jaffa (viewed from the sea) and Jerusalem, and among them the emblem of the "Organization of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine", with the seven branched Menorah.
In the center of the sketch is a text describing the aim of the organization: "To found a Hebrew school which will give its students in addition to national education - realistic, commercial education in the junior and higher grades, to prepare them for the university and the polytechnicum".
The "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium - the first Hebrew high school - was established in Jaffa in 1905 under the name "The Hebrew Gymnasium" (HaGymnasia HaIvrit). In 1909 the school was relocated to Herzl Street in Tel-Aviv and was renamed after Herzl. During the first year it operated as a private school in the home of Dr. Yehudah Leib Metmann-Cohen and his wife, and the second year was opened in October 1906 with about 40 students; it was then reported in the newspaper "Hashkafa" (edited by Eliezer Ben-Yehudah): "about twenty founding-members gathered in Jaffa, each one donating 250 Francs, and thus the keytone was placed for the 'Gymnasium fund'. A supervising committee of seven people was elected among the founding members…"; from this citation it is understood that the certificate printed after this sketch - if it was eventually printed - was awarded to the 20 founding members only.
The creator of this sketch - Jacob Stark (1881-1915), painter and typographer, was born in Poland. Immigrated to Palestine in 1906 and was one of the first "Bezalel" students. This sketch was one of the first works he created in Palestine.
70.5X51.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many creases and folding marks. Long, rough tears. Rough tears and a large open tear at the right margin (affecting the sketch). Pieces of adhesive tape are pasted on the back. A number of comments in pencil (in Stark's handwriting).
A large ink sketch. On the right appears the figure of Moses holding a book under his arm, and to the left - the figure of Jacob; on the top appear illustrations of science study tools on the background of a rich library, and on the bottom are two silhouettes depicting the towns of Jaffa (viewed from the sea) and Jerusalem, and among them the emblem of the "Organization of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine", with the seven branched Menorah.
In the center of the sketch is a text describing the aim of the organization: "To found a Hebrew school which will give its students in addition to national education - realistic, commercial education in the junior and higher grades, to prepare them for the university and the polytechnicum".
The "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium - the first Hebrew high school - was established in Jaffa in 1905 under the name "The Hebrew Gymnasium" (HaGymnasia HaIvrit). In 1909 the school was relocated to Herzl Street in Tel-Aviv and was renamed after Herzl. During the first year it operated as a private school in the home of Dr. Yehudah Leib Metmann-Cohen and his wife, and the second year was opened in October 1906 with about 40 students; it was then reported in the newspaper "Hashkafa" (edited by Eliezer Ben-Yehudah): "about twenty founding-members gathered in Jaffa, each one donating 250 Francs, and thus the keytone was placed for the 'Gymnasium fund'. A supervising committee of seven people was elected among the founding members…"; from this citation it is understood that the certificate printed after this sketch - if it was eventually printed - was awarded to the 20 founding members only.
The creator of this sketch - Jacob Stark (1881-1915), painter and typographer, was born in Poland. Immigrated to Palestine in 1906 and was one of the first "Bezalel" students. This sketch was one of the first works he created in Palestine.
70.5X51.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many creases and folding marks. Long, rough tears. Rough tears and a large open tear at the right margin (affecting the sketch). Pieces of adhesive tape are pasted on the back. A number of comments in pencil (in Stark's handwriting).
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Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Unsold
Meir Gur-Arie, layout of the book "Ovdan HaIr Kisalon, Sipur Amami Mesupar al yede M. [Mordechai] Narkiss" [The Destruction of Kisalon, a folk tale, told by M. Narkiss].
Pencil and watercolor on paper.
The layout consists of two watercolor illustrations, signed by Gur-Arie (cover and inner page), title page (not illustrated), written in ink, and additional sketches in pencil.
The town of Kisalon is mentioned in the Bible as a town in the territory of the tribe of Yehudah: "Then it curved westward from Baalah to
Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon)…" (Joshua 15, 10) as well as in the writings of Jewish author Mendele Mocher Sfarim.
[6] pp, 18 cm. Good condition. Leaves partly detached from each other. Minor stains and creases.
See: "Bezalel 1906-1929", exhibition catalogue (Israel Museum, 1982) item no. 1348 (p.111), photographed.
Pencil and watercolor on paper.
The layout consists of two watercolor illustrations, signed by Gur-Arie (cover and inner page), title page (not illustrated), written in ink, and additional sketches in pencil.
The town of Kisalon is mentioned in the Bible as a town in the territory of the tribe of Yehudah: "Then it curved westward from Baalah to
Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon)…" (Joshua 15, 10) as well as in the writings of Jewish author Mendele Mocher Sfarim.
[6] pp, 18 cm. Good condition. Leaves partly detached from each other. Minor stains and creases.
See: "Bezalel 1906-1929", exhibition catalogue (Israel Museum, 1982) item no. 1348 (p.111), photographed.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
Collection of sketches for Judaica and decorative art objects, created by Ze'ev Raban. [Jerusalem, late 1920s or early 1930s].
The collection includes sketches designed for various commercial companies, such as packages for candles or Matzot, logos for "Kodesh" cooperative, "Menorah" company and "Nerot Yerushalayim Yehudah" company, sketches for "Zel Zion" company, sketches for candlesticks, Hanukkah lamps and spice containers, a decorated frame for a memorial leaf, decorated dedication-title page for a prayer book, as well as several small landscape drawings.
Many of the sketches are colored by hand and some are stamped with the ink-stamp "Ze'ev Raban workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem" (Hebrew). Some sketches bear comments handwritten by Raban, among them comments which he wrote for those who commissioned the work and comments about continuation of the work.
Total of 19 sketches and drawings (in different stages) and 2 printed items. Size and condition vary. Several sketches are small. Good overall condition. Most works are matted; some are attached to a passé par-tout with adhesive tape.
The sketch for the package of "Menorah" company appears in the book "Ze'ev Raban, Jewish Symbolist", Bat-Sheva Goldman Ida, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, 2001. Item 240.
The collection includes sketches designed for various commercial companies, such as packages for candles or Matzot, logos for "Kodesh" cooperative, "Menorah" company and "Nerot Yerushalayim Yehudah" company, sketches for "Zel Zion" company, sketches for candlesticks, Hanukkah lamps and spice containers, a decorated frame for a memorial leaf, decorated dedication-title page for a prayer book, as well as several small landscape drawings.
Many of the sketches are colored by hand and some are stamped with the ink-stamp "Ze'ev Raban workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem" (Hebrew). Some sketches bear comments handwritten by Raban, among them comments which he wrote for those who commissioned the work and comments about continuation of the work.
Total of 19 sketches and drawings (in different stages) and 2 printed items. Size and condition vary. Several sketches are small. Good overall condition. Most works are matted; some are attached to a passé par-tout with adhesive tape.
The sketch for the package of "Menorah" company appears in the book "Ze'ev Raban, Jewish Symbolist", Bat-Sheva Goldman Ida, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, 2001. Item 240.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Three sketches, proposals for a logo of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, created by Ze'ev Raban. [Jerusalem, late 1920s or early 1930s].
Ink on paper. All three sketches are stamped with the ink stamp "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban), Bezalel Yerushalem".(Hebrew).
1-2. Two versions of a sketch depicting a boy kneeling to drink water from a spring flowing into a low pool. The motto "Emet Kne" appears on top of the emblem and on the bottom or around appears the inscription "The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". On lower right corner of the leaf appears a small fish.
18.5X17.5 cm, 19.5X18 cm. Good condition. Correction-fluid corrections, traces of pencil, some tears. Some stains. Wear. Attached to Passé par tout with two pieces of adhesive tape on upper corners.
3. Round sketch divided in the middle to a black and white zone; on the black zone appear a seven branched Menorah and the word "Emet" (truth) and on the white zone appear a hammer and the word "Kne". The circle appears within a larger circle, and on the ring in between appears the caption "The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". On the right upper corner of the leaf appears the digit 3 and on the upper left corner: "Gal-Ed".
20.5X18 cm. Good condition. Some stains. The sketch consists of several parts pasted one on top of the other. Matted.
Ink on paper. All three sketches are stamped with the ink stamp "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban), Bezalel Yerushalem".(Hebrew).
1-2. Two versions of a sketch depicting a boy kneeling to drink water from a spring flowing into a low pool. The motto "Emet Kne" appears on top of the emblem and on the bottom or around appears the inscription "The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". On lower right corner of the leaf appears a small fish.
18.5X17.5 cm, 19.5X18 cm. Good condition. Correction-fluid corrections, traces of pencil, some tears. Some stains. Wear. Attached to Passé par tout with two pieces of adhesive tape on upper corners.
3. Round sketch divided in the middle to a black and white zone; on the black zone appear a seven branched Menorah and the word "Emet" (truth) and on the white zone appear a hammer and the word "Kne". The circle appears within a larger circle, and on the ring in between appears the caption "The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". On the right upper corner of the leaf appears the digit 3 and on the upper left corner: "Gal-Ed".
20.5X18 cm. Good condition. Some stains. The sketch consists of several parts pasted one on top of the other. Matted.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
Catalogue
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Two sketches with the Macabiah logo, created by Ze'ev Raban. Jerusalem, [ca. 1932], 1953.
1. First Maccabiah, sketch for a perpetual trophy for a youth competition in the Macabiah. Round sketch, not complete. Watercolor on paper.
The sketch depicts a shield with the inscription: "Organization, order and discipline" (Hebrew) topped by a circle in which appears a crouching lion with a chain in his mouth, and a Star of David. The shield is surrounded by olive tree branches with a circle around them. Within the circle appears the inscription: "Perpetual trophy from the national committee for Knesset Israel, for the Maccabia" (Hebrew). On the bottom of the circle appears the inscription "Gift by M. Dizengoff". Stamped with the ink-stamp "Ze'ev Raban workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem".
43.5X33 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks. Open tears at margins, not affecting sketch. Pieces of paper are pasted on the back. Stains, creases and wear. Numerous inscriptions in pencil on the sheet. Matted.
2. Fourth Maccabia, rectangular sketch. Watercolor on paper.
The sketch portrays a hand carrying a Star of David within a circle and an olive tree branch in front of it. An inscription borders the rectangle:" The 4th Maccabia, September 20-29, 1953". Ink stamped: "Ze'ev Raban workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem".
16.5X21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Wear. Matted.
1. First Maccabiah, sketch for a perpetual trophy for a youth competition in the Macabiah. Round sketch, not complete. Watercolor on paper.
The sketch depicts a shield with the inscription: "Organization, order and discipline" (Hebrew) topped by a circle in which appears a crouching lion with a chain in his mouth, and a Star of David. The shield is surrounded by olive tree branches with a circle around them. Within the circle appears the inscription: "Perpetual trophy from the national committee for Knesset Israel, for the Maccabia" (Hebrew). On the bottom of the circle appears the inscription "Gift by M. Dizengoff". Stamped with the ink-stamp "Ze'ev Raban workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem".
43.5X33 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks. Open tears at margins, not affecting sketch. Pieces of paper are pasted on the back. Stains, creases and wear. Numerous inscriptions in pencil on the sheet. Matted.
2. Fourth Maccabia, rectangular sketch. Watercolor on paper.
The sketch portrays a hand carrying a Star of David within a circle and an olive tree branch in front of it. An inscription borders the rectangle:" The 4th Maccabia, September 20-29, 1953". Ink stamped: "Ze'ev Raban workshop for industrial art (formerly Gur-Arie and Raban) Bezalel Yerushalem".
16.5X21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Wear. Matted.
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Bezalel, Art and Prints
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $300
Unsold
Untitled (sketch for appliqué
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll illustrated by Shmuel Ben David. "Bezalel", Jerusalem, [1920s].
The scroll is printed on parchment and rolled. The text is printed in fourteen columns and designed as a colonnade. Between the columns are pillars topped with frames within which appear illustrations from the scroll's stories, colored by hand and decorated with grapevine twigs and clusters of grapes.
14.5X86 cm. Good condition. Wear.
The scroll is printed on parchment and rolled. The text is printed in fourteen columns and designed as a colonnade. Between the columns are pillars topped with frames within which appear illustrations from the scroll's stories, colored by hand and decorated with grapevine twigs and clusters of grapes.
14.5X86 cm. Good condition. Wear.
Category
Bezalel, Art and Prints
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Galilee landscape.
Watercolor on paper. Signed.
Approx. 50.5X67.5 cm. Tears and slight defects to margins (some reinforced with adhesive tape on verso). Slightly dark paper (foxing on verso, visible beneath the painting).
Watercolor on paper. Signed.
Approx. 50.5X67.5 cm. Tears and slight defects to margins (some reinforced with adhesive tape on verso). Slightly dark paper (foxing on verso, visible beneath the painting).
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Bezalel, Art and Prints
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