Auction 39 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals

Ze'ev Raban – Original Double-Sided Sketch

Opening: $250
Unsold
Ze'ev Raban, Original sketch, double-sided.
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper. Ink-stamped on both sides: "Ze'ev Raban, workshop for industrial art (foremer Gur-Aryeh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem".
On the leaf marked in pen "2", in the center - a blank horseshoe arch, surrounded by a vegetal pattern and peacocks. On the bottom of the leaf appears an image of a kneeling woman, picking and gathering flowers. The woman is dressed in a purple dress and wears a red head cover. On the reverse "3" – on this side of the leaf the sketch is in pencil only. In the center-a blank horseshoe arch, on the upper part – a bird and on the left side – a palm tree. On the right side appears a female figure dancing with a drum and on the left – a Yemenite boy looking at her. City houses and a water-tower are seen in the background.
21X15.5 cm, good condition.
Israeliana
Israeliana