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 for Hanukkah Lamps – Sharar, Zel-Zion and More / Sketch for Triptych Depicting Matityahu and His Five Sons
Opening: $400
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), seven sketches for various Hanukkah lamps, including sketches for the Sharar group and for Zel-Zion.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Included: • Sketch for a Hanukkah lamp with a depiction of Aaron the High Priest lighting the menorah on the backplate. Captioned in the corner: "for Sharar". The sketch is similar to the version which was ultimately produced. See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 78 item 82. • Two sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp decorated with gazelles, for Zel-Zion; one of them with a brief letter from Ze'ev Raban to Zohar Zel-Zion, wner of the company. • Two additional sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp, very similar to the sketches produced for Zel-Zion, though decorated with lions instead of gazelles. • Color sketch for a Hanukkah lamp decorated with vines, lions and Tablets of the Law, for Zel-Zion, also inscribed with several sentences addressed to Zohar Zel-Zion. See: Lighting the Way to Freedom, item 133; the lamp is not attributed there to Raban. • Sketch for an upright filigree Hanukkah lamp, in the classic Bezalel style. Stamped "Industrial Art Studio M. Gur Aryeh & Z. Raban, Bezalel Jerusalem ".
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: Sketch for a triptych depicting Matityahu and his five sons. A finished version of the sketch was sold by Tiroche Auction House, auction 168 item 6, and is documented in the Information Center for Israeli Art of the Israel Museum. • Sketch for the inscription on the Memorial Wall for Zvi Kalir at the Beit Zvi school for the Performing Arts established in his memory.
Literature: Aaron Ha'Tell and Yaniv Ben Or, Lighting the Way to Freedom, Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel. Jerusalem and New York: Devora Publishing, 2006.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper.
Included: • Sketch for a Hanukkah lamp with a depiction of Aaron the High Priest lighting the menorah on the backplate. Captioned in the corner: "for Sharar". The sketch is similar to the version which was ultimately produced. See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, p. 78 item 82. • Two sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp decorated with gazelles, for Zel-Zion; one of them with a brief letter from Ze'ev Raban to Zohar Zel-Zion, wner of the company. • Two additional sketches for an upright Hanukkah lamp, very similar to the sketches produced for Zel-Zion, though decorated with lions instead of gazelles. • Color sketch for a Hanukkah lamp decorated with vines, lions and Tablets of the Law, for Zel-Zion, also inscribed with several sentences addressed to Zohar Zel-Zion. See: Lighting the Way to Freedom, item 133; the lamp is not attributed there to Raban. • Sketch for an upright filigree Hanukkah lamp, in the classic Bezalel style. Stamped "Industrial Art Studio M. Gur Aryeh & Z. Raban, Bezalel Jerusalem ".
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: Sketch for a triptych depicting Matityahu and his five sons. A finished version of the sketch was sold by Tiroche Auction House, auction 168 item 6, and is documented in the Information Center for Israeli Art of the Israel Museum. • Sketch for the inscription on the Memorial Wall for Zvi Kalir at the Beit Zvi school for the Performing Arts established in his memory.
Literature: Aaron Ha'Tell and Yaniv Ben Or, Lighting the Way to Freedom, Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel. Jerusalem and New York: Devora Publishing, 2006.
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