Lot 243
Collection of Bezalel Postcards – Real Photo Postcards, Memorial Postcards, and More
Collection of postcards depicting students and teachers of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, postcards published by Bezalel, and more. [Jerusalem and other places, early 20th century].
The collection comprises 18 postcards:
• Ten Real Photo postcards, depicting Bezalel students in their classrooms and workshops; youths standing near the Bezalel school building; students in the Bittir railway station; Bezalel artist Nechemia Bedarshi holding an artist's palette, standing beside Herzl's portrait; Baruch Agadati (the postcards reads "Baruch Ben Yehuda"), dancing; a portrait of Boris Schatz, and more. • Two memorial Real Photo postcards, one designed by Nechemia Bedarshi and the other published by Ya'acov Ben-Dov. • One postcard published by "Lith. Bezalel" (designed by Bedarshi), one postcard published by "Bnei Bezalel", and four postcards published by Ya'acov Ben-Dov.
14X9 cm. Condition varies.
Enclosed: a postcard depicting the Tower of David in Jerusalem, and a postcard depicting two works by Hermann Struck.
Provenance: Estate of Nechemia Bedarshi.
