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
Lotto Board Game – Fruit, Vegetables, and Flowers of Palestine – Illustrations by Nehemia Bedarshi, Student at the Bezalel School – Two Printer's Proofs – 1915
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Two uncut printer's proofs of Lotto boards. Designed by Nehemia Bedarshi (1897-1953), a student at Bezalel. Jerusalem: "Litografia Bezalel Yerushalem", [ca. 1915].
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).
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).
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