Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics
December 21, 2021
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), two sketches for sculptural ornaments. Pencil on paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Ze'ev Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Two sketches: • Shield-shaped, depicting a lion and a rosette. A similar rosette by Raban, called also "David's rose", can be seen on the King David Hotel façade (see: "Ze'ev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist", by Bat Sheva Goldman Idah. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Ben Zvi, 2001. p. 149). A Sheet folded in half, approx. 34.5X29 cm. Good condition. Creases, tears and minor stains. Matted. • Two stylized column capitals depicting Isaiah's vision, "And a wolf shall live with a lamb, and a leopard shall lie with a kid" (Isaiah 11:6). One depicts a leopard and a kid surrounded by bunches of grapes and vine tendrils; the second depicts a winged lamb and a wolf. Titled "Building Ornaments" (Hebrew). This sketch may have been part of the decoration plans for the YMCA building, some of which, especially the reliefs and sculptural ornaments, were entrusted to Raban. Approx. 28X47.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Pinholes. Small tears to edges. Matted.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), "Be strong as a leopard and swift as an eagle to do the will of your father who is in heaven", sketch. Ink and watercolor on paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Approx. 17X27 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Matted.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $400
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), Palm Tree, sketch for a stained-glass window at the YMCA building, [early 1930s]. Pencil on tracing paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem". The triple stained-glass window planned by Raban (one panel of which is seen in this sketch) was eventually not erected. A color sketch depicting all three panels of the planned triptych, in their proposed complete state, is held in the collection of the Israel Museum.
Approx. 71X20 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases, closed and open tears (some repaired). Matted.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Abel Pann (1883-1963), Portrait of a Girl.
Charcoal on paper. Signed in pencil.
32X24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes. Framed. Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $200
Sold for: $450
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The Bible in Pictures, by Abel Pann, two lithographic albums. Jerusalem: Palestine Art Publishing co. Ltd., [ca. 1920s to early 1930s]. Hebrew and English.
1. Genesis, from the Creation until the Deluge. 25 color lithographs by Abel Pann, with a brief introduction and biographical notes. [3] ff. + [25] lithographic plates, 43.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor damage. Wear and abrasions to binding. Binding partly detached, with glue traces to inside. 2. The Five Books of Moses, 47 lithographs by Abel Pann. Title page signed in pencil by Pann. Bezalel-style binding, with repoussé copper plaque. [2] ff. (title and introduction) + [47] lithographic plates, 39 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some creases and damage. Front endpaper inscribed.
Provenance: the Rimon Family collection.
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Lot 174 Shmuel Ben-David (1884-1927) – Watercolor Drawing, Souvenir of his Wedding – Jerusalem, 1907
Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Shmuel Ben-David (1884-1927), souvenir of his wedding to Judith Kipper on March 8, 1907. Jerusalem, 1907.
Watercolor on paper. Signed "SD" and " СД" and dated March 1907. A dove with wings spread, carrying a ring in its beak, on the background of a starry and clouded sky, occupies the top of the page. The dove stands on top of an Art Nouveau column; the Bulgarian text on both sides of the column, written in ornate Cyrillic letters, documents the wedding of Ben-David (then Davidov) and Judith Kipper. The wedding took place in the building of Bezalel school of arts (then located on Chabashim st.) and was attended by Boris Schatz.
Shmuel Ben David (originally Shmuel Davidov) was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1884. He studied at the Art Academy in Sofia, under Professor Boris Schatz, and later immigrated with Schatz to Palestine and studied in the first class of Bezalel. From 1907, he was involved in establishing Bezalel's carpetry department, where he subsequently taught, and in the following years he also taught perspective, drawing, and decorative arts. Ben David was one of the founding members of the Jewish Artists Association and served as its first chairman. Died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the age of 42. Shmuel Ben David was one of Bezalel's senior instructors, mentoring numerous accomplished artists – including Nahum Gutman, Chaim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky, and many others – and was among the most prominent contributors in molding the Bezalel design language.
Approx. 29.5X14 cm, matted and framed; 38X22 cm with frame. Minor stains.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $100
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"цвѣтникъ Іудеи" ["Yehuda's Flowerbed"], "Illustrated Children's Weekly Magazine." First year, Issue no. 36-37. Lugansk [Luhansk], 1912. Russian.
The present issue features, among other things, short stories by Jacob Fichman and Aharon Avraham Kabak. The front cover was designed by Shmuel Ben David in the style of the Bezalel School, influenced by Art Nouveau. At the center is a youth wearing a large skullcap, standing barefoot in a flowerbed, studiously reading a book. Flanking him on both sides are rows of palms, characteristic of Bezalel works. In the background is a rural landscape typical of the Land of Israel. The Russian font on the cover is designed to resemble Hebrew script. The entire scene is framed by a pair of columns, each surmounted by a menorah, and capped with an architectonic dome with the Tablets of the Law in the foreground, flanked by a pair of lions.
Shmuel Ben David (originally Shmuel Davidov) was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1884. He studied at the Art Academy in Sofia, under Professor Boris Schatz, and later immigrated with Schatz to Palestine and studied in the first class of Bezalel. From 1907, he was involved in establishing Bezalel's carpetry department, where he subsequently taught, and in the following years he also taught perspective, drawing, and decorative arts. Ben David was one of the founding members of the Jewish Artists Association and served as its first chairman. Died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the age of 42. Shmuel Ben David was one of Bezalel's senior instructors, mentoring numerous accomplished artists – including Nahum Gutman, Chaim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky, and many others – and was among the most prominent contributors in molding the Bezalel design language.
[519]-534 pp. + [2] ff. (title page and Table of Contents to the volume of issues of the weekly's first year of publication; title page bears an illustration identical to the one appearing on the cover). Poor condition. Stains, including foxing, dampstains, and mold. Tears, including open tears, to cover and leaves, some mended with adhesive tape. Fold lines to length of booklet. Inked stamps. Strips of paper for reinforcement to spine and to inside cover (between cover and first and last leaves).
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