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
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Collection of Sketches – Book of Ruth
Opening: $150
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Book of Ruth. [Jerusalem, 1930].
Ink and pencil on paper.
Six sketches for the Book of Ruth illustrated by Raban. Three on tracing paper; one of them, larger than the others, on gold paper. A more detailed version of one of the sketches is photographed in "Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 124.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Closed and open tears to edges. Stains.
Enclosed: commercial sketch, presumably for a label, inscribed "Israel 200", with a depiction of the biblical Ruth.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper.
Six sketches for the Book of Ruth illustrated by Raban. Three on tracing paper; one of them, larger than the others, on gold paper. A more detailed version of one of the sketches is photographed in "Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist", p. 124.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Closed and open tears to edges. Stains.
Enclosed: commercial sketch, presumably for a label, inscribed "Israel 200", with a depiction of the biblical Ruth.
Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001.
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