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 – Passover Haggadah / Chad Gadya
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches for the Passover Haggadah.
Ink and pencil on paper.
In 1925, Raban worked on a Passover Haggadah (spending a month in Egypt in preparation for his work). The main text was written by a scribe, with Raban adding illustrations, vignettes and decorative initial word panels. He did not however complete the work. Beginning in the 1950s, several editions of the Haggadah with black and white illustrations by Raban were published. In 2005, a color version was published based on Raban's work from 1925, with the addition of later illustrations.
The collection includes: • Various sketches of title pages for the Haggadah. • Sketches for illustrations of the Ten Plagues. • Sketches for the Chad Gadya song. One of the sketches depicts an elderly father carrying a kid, with his young son alongside him; the scene is set in a border of blank medallions. A similar bronze plaque, depicted the same scene surrounded by medallion, was created by Raban ca. 1914 (see: Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 68). Similar illustrations appear in Raban's Passover Haggadah and in Raban's Chad Gadya (published by Bnei Bezalel, 1926). An additional sketch (on tracing paper), likewise depicting a father carrying a kid, accompanied by his son, features the portraits of Herzl and Zvi Hermann Schapira.
Several sketches bear the stamp of Raban's studio.
13 leaves. Size and condition vary.
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.
In 1925, Raban worked on a Passover Haggadah (spending a month in Egypt in preparation for his work). The main text was written by a scribe, with Raban adding illustrations, vignettes and decorative initial word panels. He did not however complete the work. Beginning in the 1950s, several editions of the Haggadah with black and white illustrations by Raban were published. In 2005, a color version was published based on Raban's work from 1925, with the addition of later illustrations.
The collection includes: • Various sketches of title pages for the Haggadah. • Sketches for illustrations of the Ten Plagues. • Sketches for the Chad Gadya song. One of the sketches depicts an elderly father carrying a kid, with his young son alongside him; the scene is set in a border of blank medallions. A similar bronze plaque, depicted the same scene surrounded by medallion, was created by Raban ca. 1914 (see: Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 68). Similar illustrations appear in Raban's Passover Haggadah and in Raban's Chad Gadya (published by Bnei Bezalel, 1926). An additional sketch (on tracing paper), likewise depicting a father carrying a kid, accompanied by his son, features the portraits of Herzl and Zvi Hermann Schapira.
Several sketches bear the stamp of Raban's studio.
13 leaves. Size and condition vary.
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