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 Playing Cards – Jerusalem, 1920
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), sketches for two different series of playing cards – Biblical figures and figures from the history of Arabia and Islam. Jerusalem, [ca. 1920].
Ink and pencil on paper and tracing paper. Some leaves stamped "Z. Raban, Industrial Art Studio (Formerly Gur-Aryeh & Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Some 24 leaves with sketches for playing cards. Many of them depict a few figures, and some are two-sided. The cards were published in 1920 in two different series – Biblical figures and figures from the history of Arabia and Islam. among the figures depicte: Saul (?), Jonathan, Bathsheba, Absalom, Solomon, Queen Sheba, Ashmedai, Esther, Harbonah and Judith; Antarah ibn Shaddad, al-Khansāʾ, Harūn al-Rashīd, Rostam, Abū Nuwās, Scheherazade, Khosrow, Hatim al-Tai, Al-Zeir Abu Layla al-Muhalhel Adi ibn Rabia', al-Nu'man. Some sketches show figures not included in the two series of cards published in 1920: Adam and Eve, Rebecca, and others.
24 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. Pp. 129-132.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and pencil on paper and tracing paper. Some leaves stamped "Z. Raban, Industrial Art Studio (Formerly Gur-Aryeh & Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Some 24 leaves with sketches for playing cards. Many of them depict a few figures, and some are two-sided. The cards were published in 1920 in two different series – Biblical figures and figures from the history of Arabia and Islam. among the figures depicte: Saul (?), Jonathan, Bathsheba, Absalom, Solomon, Queen Sheba, Ashmedai, Esther, Harbonah and Judith; Antarah ibn Shaddad, al-Khansāʾ, Harūn al-Rashīd, Rostam, Abū Nuwās, Scheherazade, Khosrow, Hatim al-Tai, Al-Zeir Abu Layla al-Muhalhel Adi ibn Rabia', al-Nu'man. Some sketches show figures not included in the two series of cards published in 1920: Adam and Eve, Rebecca, and others.
24 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. Pp. 129-132.
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