Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics
December 21, 2021
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![Moshe Murro (1888-1957), "Tefilla" ("Prayer"), relief. Jerusalem, [1906-29]. Marked (Hebrew) "MM"; marked on back (Hebrew-Eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale84-public/162_1.jpg "Moshe Murro (1888-1957) – \"Prayer\" – Relief")
![Moshe Murro (1888-1957), "Tefilla" ("Prayer"), relief. Jerusalem, [1906-29]. Marked (Hebrew) "MM"; marked on back (Hebrew-Eng](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale84-public/162_2.jpg "Moshe Murro (1888-1957) – \"Prayer\" – Relief")
Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $800
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Moshe Murro (1888-1957), "Tefilla" ("Prayer"), relief. Jerusalem, [1906-29]. Marked (Hebrew) "MM"; marked on back (Hebrew-English) "Bezalel moro." Arched plaque featuring a Jewish figure wrapped in a "tallit" prayer shawl. On top, a menorah with intertwined branches, typical of the Bezalel School. Title at bottom (Hebrew): "Tefilla" ("Prayer"). Moshe Murro (1888-1957), was a Bezalel School artist. He was a painter and sculptor who specialized in reliefs.
7X3.5 cm. Good condition.
1. Estate of Mordechai Avniel, director of the Small Sculpture Section of the Bezalel School's Sculpture Department. 2. Estate of Bezalel Avniel. 3. Private collection.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $400
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Moses, relief (not signed), placed on a wooden base. Profile of Moses looking left, his hand resting on the Tablets of the Law. Hebrew inscription "Moses" beneath.
Relief: 6.5X5 cm. Wooden base: 15.5X10 cm. Good condition.
Prevenance: 1. Estate of Mordechai Avniel, director of the Small Sculpture Section of the Bezalel School's Sculpture Department. 2. Estate of Bezalel Avniel. 3. Private collection.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $100
Sold for: $175
Including buyer's premium
Notepad holder, from Elhanan Hefetz's workshop for artistic leather bookbinding and other tooled leather products, one of the workshops operating under the auspices of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. Jerusalem, [ca. late 1920s].
Leather-covered notepad holder. On front, inlaid carved olivewood plaque, depicting a harp suspended from a willow tree, over a background showing the sun rising over houses (inspired by Psalms 137:1-2, "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in the midst thereof did we hang up our harps").
Approx. 24X18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor wear and blemishes. Abrasion to leather.
Provenance: 1. Estate of Mordechai Avniel, director of the Small Sculpture Section of the Bezalel School's Sculpture Department. 2. Estate of Bezalel Avniel. 3. Private collection.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Three books Illustrated by Ze'ev Raban, Meir Gur-Arieh and Shmuel Haruvi. Palestine and New York, 1920s-1930s.
1. "Chageinu" [Our Holidays]. New-York: Miller-Lynn, 1928. Long presentation inscription to Albert Einstein, by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Geller of Brooklyn. Rabbi Geller corresponded with Einstein, famously disagreeing with him on the question of determinism. [16] ff. 20.5X20.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Minor blemishes. Open tear to one of the tissue-guards. Minor blemishes to binding. 2. "HaHalutzim" [The Pioneers], a collection of silhouettes by Meir Gur-Arieh", "accompanied by lyrics to songs of the Halutzim, collected and compiled by Mordechai Narkiss". Jerusalem: Bnei Bezalel, [1925]. Enclosed sheet music: "Melodies to the Songs of the 'Halutzim', Collected by A. Z. Binder". [4], 20, [2] ff. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Inked stamps. Minor stains. Minor blemishes to binding. Sheet music: Good condition. Creases and light dampstains to edges. 3. "Tzimhiel…", by Baruch Chizik. Tel Aviv: HaPoel HaTza'ir press, [1930]. With several illustrations by Shmuel Haruvi. Inscribed by the author (with an additional presentation inscription in a different hand). 106, [2] ff. + [10] plates (pictures and illustrations), 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tear to edge of one plate (no damage to illustration). Minor blemishes to cover.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Aleph-Bet, illustrations by Ze'ev Raban, rhymes by Levin Kipnis, Bezalel-Jerusalem. Berlin: "HaSefer", 1923.
Hebrew alphabet reader with poems by Levin Kipnis and illustrations in gold and vivid colors by Ze'ev Raban, one of the first teachers at Bezalel. The book, printed in Berlin for Jewish children in Europe, integrates images representing the attributes of the Land of Israel and Zionist messages regarding immigration to Palestine. Its impressive illustrations and meticulous printing turned it into a milestone in Hebrew children's literature.
[16] leaves (heavy paper), 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Abrasions to bottom of leaves. Bookplate and ownership stamp. Damage and abrasions to binding (mainly to extremities). Tears and wear to spine.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $300
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970); sketch for "Menorah" memorial candle label. Ink and pencil on paper; stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem". The label is divided into four pointed arches, through which important sites in Palestine can be seen: the skyline of Jerusalem, Rachel's Tomb, the tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNes. The fourth arch remained empty. Topped by a medallion depicting hands spread for the priestly blessing. The "Menorah" candle factory was established in Tel Aviv in 1926 and is still producing memorial candles decorated with the same label designed by Ze'ev Raban. For the final version of the label, see Raban Remembered, p. 109.
21X33 cm. Fair-good condition. Tears, some open, to edges. One tear reinforced on verso with transparent tape. Stains. Paper strip mounted to center. Matted.
Literature: Raban Remembered, Jerusalem's Forgotten Master. New York: Yeshiva University Museum, 1982. p. 109.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $500
Unsold
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), the Seven Species, sketch. Ink and watercolor on paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem". Cental blooming vase from which the seven species grow and spread to both sides. The size and theme of the sketch may indicate that the planned work was a ceramic mural.
Approx. 24X57 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Open tear to lower right corner. Additional tears. Matted.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $800
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), two sketches for sculptural ornaments. Pencil on paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Ze'ev Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Two sketches: • Shield-shaped, depicting a lion and a rosette. A similar rosette by Raban, called also "David's rose", can be seen on the King David Hotel façade (see: "Ze'ev Raban, Hebrew Symbolist", by Bat Sheva Goldman Idah. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Ben Zvi, 2001. p. 149). A Sheet folded in half, approx. 34.5X29 cm. Good condition. Creases, tears and minor stains. Matted. • Two stylized column capitals depicting Isaiah's vision, "And a wolf shall live with a lamb, and a leopard shall lie with a kid" (Isaiah 11:6). One depicts a leopard and a kid surrounded by bunches of grapes and vine tendrils; the second depicts a winged lamb and a wolf. Titled "Building Ornaments" (Hebrew). This sketch may have been part of the decoration plans for the YMCA building, some of which, especially the reliefs and sculptural ornaments, were entrusted to Raban. Approx. 28X47.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Pinholes. Small tears to edges. Matted.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), "Be strong as a leopard and swift as an eagle to do the will of your father who is in heaven", sketch. Ink and watercolor on paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem".
Approx. 17X27 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Matted.
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![Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), Palm Tree, sketch for a stained-glass window at the YMCA building, [early 1930s]. Pencil on tracing](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale84-public/171.jpg "Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Palm Tree – Sketch for a Stained-Glass Windo")
Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $400
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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), Palm Tree, sketch for a stained-glass window at the YMCA building, [early 1930s]. Pencil on tracing paper. Stamped (Hebrew) "Ze'ev Raban, Workshop for Industrial Art (previously Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel Jerusalem". The triple stained-glass window planned by Raban (one panel of which is seen in this sketch) was eventually not erected. A color sketch depicting all three panels of the planned triptych, in their proposed complete state, is held in the collection of the Israel Museum.
Approx. 71X20 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases, closed and open tears (some repaired). Matted.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Abel Pann (1883-1963), Portrait of a Girl.
Charcoal on paper. Signed in pencil.
32X24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes. Framed. Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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Bezalel and Bezalel Artists
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $200
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
The Bible in Pictures, by Abel Pann, two lithographic albums. Jerusalem: Palestine Art Publishing co. Ltd., [ca. 1920s to early 1930s]. Hebrew and English.
1. Genesis, from the Creation until the Deluge. 25 color lithographs by Abel Pann, with a brief introduction and biographical notes. [3] ff. + [25] lithographic plates, 43.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor damage. Wear and abrasions to binding. Binding partly detached, with glue traces to inside. 2. The Five Books of Moses, 47 lithographs by Abel Pann. Title page signed in pencil by Pann. Bezalel-style binding, with repoussé copper plaque. [2] ff. (title and introduction) + [47] lithographic plates, 39 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some creases and damage. Front endpaper inscribed.
Provenance: the Rimon Family collection.
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