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
Letters and Paper Items – Old Bezalel – Autograph Letter by Boris Schatz, and a Sketch of the "Kav LeKav" Company Logo (Meir Gu Aryeh, Abel Pann and Ya'acov Ben-Dov)
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Collection of paper items associated with artists of old Bezalel. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Vienna: 1910s to the 1950s. Hebrew and some English.
1. Letter, typewritten on official stationery of the Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, hand-signed by Boris Schatz: "According to the written permit of the Military Governor […] the pupil Barzilay [Jacob Eisenberg] is permitted to make sketching excursions in the city and the suburbs". 1918. English.
2. Autograph letter by journalist Yitzhak Brainin, addressed to Jacob Eisenberg; referring to the future of the art of ceramics in Palestine. Vienna: 5683 (1923.)
3. An autograph note by filmmaker Yerushalayim Segal. 1931.
4. Sketch for a sign or advertisement (ink and pencil on paper) – "Kav LeKav, a Company for Illustrated Films. Pann. Gur-Arie. Ben-Dov. Talpiot Jerusalem" (Hebrew.)
5-6. Two leaflets from an exhibition held on the occasion of Bezalel's 50th jubilee -Illustrations by Ze'ev Raban and drawings by Jacob Eisenberg (one for the Jerusalem exhibition, and the other for the Tel Aviv exhibition.) 1957. Hebrew and English.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
1. Letter, typewritten on official stationery of the Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, hand-signed by Boris Schatz: "According to the written permit of the Military Governor […] the pupil Barzilay [Jacob Eisenberg] is permitted to make sketching excursions in the city and the suburbs". 1918. English.
2. Autograph letter by journalist Yitzhak Brainin, addressed to Jacob Eisenberg; referring to the future of the art of ceramics in Palestine. Vienna: 5683 (1923.)
3. An autograph note by filmmaker Yerushalayim Segal. 1931.
4. Sketch for a sign or advertisement (ink and pencil on paper) – "Kav LeKav, a Company for Illustrated Films. Pann. Gur-Arie. Ben-Dov. Talpiot Jerusalem" (Hebrew.)
5-6. Two leaflets from an exhibition held on the occasion of Bezalel's 50th jubilee -Illustrations by Ze'ev Raban and drawings by Jacob Eisenberg (one for the Jerusalem exhibition, and the other for the Tel Aviv exhibition.) 1957. Hebrew and English.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi