Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Moshe Vorobeichic - Collection of Books with his Works

Opening: $2,500
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Twenty seven books with photographs, photo-montage works and graphic design works by Moshe Vorobeichic-Raviv (Moi Ver). Warsaw, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and Ein Harod. 1935-1963.
Moshe Vorobeichic (Raviv) - photographer, painter and designer who was considered as an innovative photographer mainly in the field of photo-montage. Born in Vilnius in 1904, studied at the university of Vilnius in the department of arts and architecture and in 1928 was accepted to the "Bauhaus" school in Dasau, Germany, where he continued his education with Paul Klee, Vasily Kandinsky and Josef Albers. In 1930 continued his studies in Paris in the photography school Ecole de Photo Ciné. In the early 1930s Vorobeichic was in charge of the visual documentation of "HaChalutz" operations in Poland until he immigrated to Palestine in 1934. In Palestine he worked as a graphic designer and a photographer, independently, as well as for some of the Zionist institutes and Histadrut HaOvdim. He was one of the first artists who settled in the artists' colony in Safed where he passed away in 1995. Among the books: * "Hevraya", (1935). * "Gvat (a Kvutza named after the Pinsk martyrs), sources and history" [1937]. * "HeChalutz HaTzair", journal of the union "Freiheit - HeChalutz HaTzair", Warsaw, 1938. Bound volume of issues from 1938, issues 27-34. "HaGodrim BaZafon" [1939]. * "Bishviley HaMoledet", Shlomo Farber. Published by "Am Oved", [1945]. * "Tenuat HaPoalot beEretz Israel" [1946]. * "Safad, 12 photographs by Moshe Raviv" [1963]. * And more. A detailed list will be sent upon request.
Total of 27 books. Size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Pgotography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Pgotography, Postcards and Graphics