Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
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1. портрет натана альтмана ["Nathan Altman's Portrait"], by Abram Efros. Moscow: Шиповник, 1922. Russian.
Brief monograph on the output of the Russian-Jewish avant-garde artist Nathan Altman (Натан Исаевич Альтман, 1889-1970), with pictures representing several of his works. An illustration by Altman (a reproduction, reduced in size, of a painting from the series "Judische Graphik" – "Jewish Graphics") appears on the front cover.
101, [3] pp., 18.5 cm. Good condition. One gathering detached. Loose leaves. Minor stains. Cover partly detached, with tears (including some open tears, not affecting print) to edges. Spine torn, mended (non-professionally) with strips of adhesive tape. Notation in red pencil on back cover.
2. S. Chekhonin, by Abram Efros and Nikolay Punin. Moscow-Leningrad: State Press, [ca. 1924]. English.
Abram Markovich Efros (1888-1954) and Nikolay Punin (1888-1953) dealing with the life and work of the multi-disciplinary Russian artist and designer Sergey Chekhonin (Сергей Васильевич Чехонин, 1878-1936). With 12 plates (on paper of varying thickness; some in color), as well as numerous in-text illustrations, featuring Chekhonin's works: paintings, book illustrations, porcelain plates, stamps, currency bills, bookplates, and more.
The book was published in Russian, French, German, and English.
See: Nina Gurianova et al., "The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934," exhibition catalogue, MoMA, New York, 2002, Item No. 530.
104, [2] pp. + [12] plates, 30 cm. Good condition. Stains. Several leaves and plates detached. Cover detached. Tears (including some open tears, not affecting print) to cover and spine. Notation in blue pencil on back cover.
С. Чехонин ["S. Chekhonin"], by Abram Efros and Nikolay Punin. Moscow-Petrograd: Государственное Издательство [State Publisher], [ca. 1924]. Russian.
Two articles by Abram Markovich Efros (1888-1954) and Nikolay Punin (1888-1953) dealing with the life and work of the multi-disciplinary Russian artist and designer Sergey Chekhonin (1878-1936). With 12 plates (on paper of varying thickness; some in color), as well as numerous in-text illustrations, featuring Chekhonin's works: paintings, book illustrations, porcelain plates, stamps, currency bills, bookplates, and more.
Illustrated cover.
In addition to the Russian edition, the book was published in French, German, and English.
See: Nina Gurianova et al., "The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934," exhibition catalogue, MoMA, New York, 2002, Item No. 530.
112, [1] pp. + [12] plates., 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (numerous stains to cover). Notation in pen on front flyleaf. Inked stamps on back flyleaf and back cover. Several leaves partly detached. Closed and open tears edges of cover and several leaves, some restored.
Sergey Chekhonin (Сергей Васильевич Чехонин), influential Soviet Russian graphic artist, painter, and ceramic artist; member of the "Mir Iskusstva" ("Мир искусства": "World of Art") movement. Developed the idea of using porcelain vessels as a medium for disseminating Soviet propaganda. Became politically active following the revolution of 1905, and maintained close ties with revolutionary circles. This involvement was expressed through the political caricatures he created for magazines and the books he illustrated and designed. In the years 1918-23, he became the first artistic director following the October Revolution (1917) of the "State Porcelain Factory" (formerly the "Tsarist Porcelain Factory") that operated under the auspices of the Fine Arts Department of the Narkompros – the People's Commissariat for Education, under the directorship of Anatoly Lunacharsky. Chekhonin adhered to a Constructivist design concept that conformed with the spirit of the times under the dictates of the new ideology. He was at one point replaced by Nikolay Punin, but returned to his position as the institution's artistic director in the years 1925-27. As a graphic designer, he was responsible for the design of currency bills and postage stamps, and was a partner in the design of the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Left Russia in 1928, and took up residence in France and Germany, where he continued to design ceramic vessels and theater sets and illustrate and design books.
The earliest known monograph on Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (1882-1949), a Ukrainian-born avant-garde and cubo-futurist painter, and stage and costume designer. Ekster was among the most notable artists of the Russian and Ukrainian avant-garde. She lived and worked in a number of cities, among them Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, and Paris, and taught and influenced many artists, including Boris Aronson, Yissakhar Ber Rybak, and Yitzhak Frenkel.
The text is followed by 39 illustration plates; four additional plates (three of them in color) are tipped-in. These offer glimpses of Ekster's work in a number of different fields, namely painting and costume and stage design.
The author, art critic Yakov Alexandrovich Tugendhold (1882-1928), was also responsible for the earliest Russian-language monograph on Marc Chagall, in addition to a wide variety of other art-related books. He served as an expert consultant and purchaser for art collector Sergei Shchukin's renowned collection of Impressionist art.
31, [1] pp. + [4] plates, XXXIX plates (missing plate no. II; another copy of plate XIII is bound instead, upside down), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor dampstains to edges of some leaves. Minor creases and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of cover and to spine.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Guide containing detailed information regarding various print techniques, including lithography, copper engraving, woodcuts and mezzotint. The guide has numerous illustrations (both within the text and on separate pages): Prints by famous artists from different periods, including Masjutyn's own works. Cover design by Masjutyn.
Wasyl Nikolayevich Masjutyn (Василий Николаевич Масютин, 1884-1955). Born in Riga; educated at a military school. Studied art in Moscow, and specialized in printmaking. Fought for roughly two years as a front-line soldier in the Russian army during WWI. Lived in Berlin from 1921, working as a painter, sculptor, and cinematic set and backdrop designer, but dealing mostly in graphic design and book illustration for a number of different Russian publishers, in particular illustrating the works of classic Russian authors such as Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, and others.
133, [1] pp., 22 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to cover). Abrasion to title page. Several leaves partly detached. Cover detached. Minor tears to edges of cover; open tears to spine.
Text by Gaston Bachelard, with 96 reproductions in black and white and 24 original lithographs in color, after drawings on biblical themes made by Chagall in 1958-1959. Cover designed by Chagall.
36 cm. Good condition. Minor stains (mostly to edges). Blemished and minor tears to boards and spine.
2. "Ezor Magen uNe'um Ben HaDam" (Hebrew), by Uri Zvi Greenberg. Jerusalem: Sadan, 1930. Linocut by Leon Finn on the front cover.
3. "BeIkvei HaShir, words of praise and research on the poetry of Uri Zvi Greenberg, published from time to time" (Hebrew). Jerusalem: HaMiloh, Tamuz 1949.
4. "Poems" (Hebrew), by Uri Zvi Greenberg, publisher not indicated. Poet's portrait by Reuben Rubin on the first leaf.
Size and condition vary. Stains and blemishes (mostly minor); single long tear to one booklet. Blemishes and wear to covers (one detached, one with long tears and open tears to spine).
1. Malkosh, Shirim Aleph [Last Rain, Poems I], by Yaakov Peremen. Jaffa-Tel Aviv: M. Shoham, 5686 [1926]. Cover designer not indicated.
2. Mashiah Ben Yosef [Messiah son of Joseph], by Beinush Steiman. Translated from the Yiddish by Yehuda Ya'ari. Jerusalem: HaStudia Hadramatit "Masad, " 1926/27. The logo of the "Masad" theater group printed on the cover may have been designed by Arieh Elhanani, who was responsible for the costume and set design of the stage production "Messiah son of Joseph."
3. Adam, by Samuel Bass. Tel Aviv: Hedim, 5687 [1927]. Title page design and illustration by Nahum Paley (1889-1956).
4. BaSha'ar, Mahzor Shirim [In the Gateway: A Cycle of Poems], by Lyova (Yehuda) Almi. Jerusalem, 5687 [1927]. The design of the cover and the mounted illustration (intact in the current copy; usually torn off) are by Pinhas Litvinovsky.
5. El HaShemesh, Drama BeShalosh Ma'arakhot [Toward the Sun, Drama in Three Acts] by Yonah Rigai. Tel Aviv: Nivim, 5688 [1928]. Cover designer not indicated.
6. Ein Rahel (Agadah) [Ein Rahel (A Legend)], by Sara Gluzman. Tel Aviv, 5694 [1934]. Illustrated by David Hendler.
7. MiBayit, Shirim [From Within, Poems], by Avraham Broides. Tel Aviv: Davar, 5696 [1936]. Cover design: Moshe Vorobeichic.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. In some books, stains, tears, and creases to edges of covers.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Two sheets (color lithographs) – proofs of Lotto boards designed by Nehemia Bedarshi, featuring illustrations of the fruit, vegetables, and flowers of Palestine (several boards on each sheet; in all likelihood, the illustrations were influenced by a Lotto board game featuring the flowers of Palestine created by the painter Shmuel Charuvi, one of the teachers at the Bezalel School), with proofs of several other items: a business card and bookplate (?) of Shmuel Ben David, a library card for the Bezalel library, stamps (in Hebrew and Latin letters) of Ze'ev Raban (with both his adopted Hebrew and original surnames, "Z. Raban" and "Z. Ravitzki" respectively), Miriam Ravitzki, Shmuel Ben David, and M. Aloni, among others.
Two sheets, 50X34.5 cm. Good condition. Several minor tears to edges (not affecting print).
Reference: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, "Bezalel: 1906-1929," exhibition catalogue, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1983, pp. 204, 209 (in the Hebrew edition).
Comprehensive work by the art historian and curator Mordechai Narkiss, detailing – from both a historical and artistic perspective – the history and development of the Hanukkah lamp, in all its multifarious forms and variations. The book is dedicated in print to the memory of the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Prof. Boris Schatz. Copy from an edition of 400 copies.
18, 102, [2] pp., LXIV pp. (plates; photographs), n pp., 31.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly minor. Several tears mended with adhesive tape (not affecting text). Several leaves and plates partly detached. Strips of adhesive tape on inner margins of several leaves. Notation in pen on back endpaper. Binding with gilt impression. Minor blemishes to edges of binding.
1. "HaHalutzim" ("The Pioneers"). Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 1925. First edition. Hebrew.
Autograph inscription by the manager of "Bney Bezalel" publishing house, Yitzchak Narkis and his wife Frida, to Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966).
[4], 20, [2] ff., 23.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (some dark stains). Wear, stains and minor abrasions to binding.
2. "HaHalutzim" ("The Pioneers"). Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 1925. Second edition. Hebrew.
[4], 20, [2] ff., 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Inked stamp to inside front board. Binding partly detached. Wear, stains and abrasions to boards; minor tears to spine.
3. "Dudaim". Text by Miriam Wilensky-Stekelis. Tel Aviv: Pnina, 5707 [1946].
Autograph inscription by Gur Aryeh, dated Jerusalem, 28.11.46.
[1] 20 ff. (silhouettes) + 20 printed tissue guards, approx. 30X20 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to cover). Bookplate to inside front cover. Cover partly detached; tears and open tears to edges and spine.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Lot includes: • a Bakelite silhouette depicting camels and a palm tree • Four silhouette prints, one printed on postcard. Signed in the plate.
Bakelite silhouette: 11X11.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Prints: size varies. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Included: • Portraits of Ben-Yehuda, Tchernichovsky and Bialik. • Portrait of a Yemenite boy (inscribed by Gur-Aryeh; inscription dated "Pesach 1945"). • Pioneers dancing Hora. • Jews praying at the Western Wall. • Roses (two copies of the etching, colored). • And more.
All prints are signed in pencil by Gur Aryeh.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.