Lot 164
Ze'ev Raban – Sketch for an Illustration for the Passover Haggadah – The Five Sages of Bnei Brak
Sketch for an illustration for the Passover Haggadah, by Ze'ev Raban. [1925?].
Pen and watercolor on paper. Signed "Ze'ev Raban" (Hebrew).
The sketch depicts five rabbis sitting around the Seder table and two disciples standing at the entrance to the room. The sketch is meant to accompany the Haggadah passage dealing with the five Tana'im who were telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt all night long until their disciples came and told them "The time of [reciting] the morning Shema has arrived".
Sketch: 17.5X30.5 cm. leaf: 36X23.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Several holes and a small tear, restored. Two stamps on verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
