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
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Unsold
Silver medal (commemorative coin), issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898. German.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palastinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares".
Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Ruckkunft 26. Nov. 1898".
Diameter: 35 mm.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palastinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares".
Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Ruckkunft 26. Nov. 1898".
Diameter: 35 mm.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Unsold
Medal, issued on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine, 1898.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland".
Reverse: the legend "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898" [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient, 1898].
Diameter: 30 mm. Suspension loop.
Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria (facing right). Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland".
Reverse: the legend "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898" [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient, 1898].
Diameter: 30 mm. Suspension loop.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Unsold
Four medals, issued on the occasion of the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Palestine, 1898. German.
1. Silver medal. Obverse: bust of the Kaiser with a helmet, facing left. Legend: Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser. Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Einweihung der Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, 31. Octbr. 1898" [Dedication of the Church of the Redeemer…]. Another legend on the rim: "Palästina Segensmunze."
Diameter: 35 mm.
2. Silver medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palästinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares." Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Rukkunft 26. Nov. 1898."
Diameter: 35 mm.
3. Silver medal. Obverse: the Kaiser mounted on a horse. Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser." Reverse: interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend: "Das Heilige Grab / Reize S.M. des Kaisers nach Jerusalem, Okt. 1898." Another legend on the rim: "Eine Gedenkmünze" [commemorative coin].
Diameter: 34 mm.
4. Medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland." Reverse legend – "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898." [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient…]
Diameter: 29 mm; suspension loop.
1. Silver medal. Obverse: bust of the Kaiser with a helmet, facing left. Legend: Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser. Reverse: Church of the Redeemer. Legend: "Einweihung der Erlöserkirche in Jerusalem, 31. Octbr. 1898" [Dedication of the Church of the Redeemer…]. Another legend on the rim: "Palästina Segensmunze."
Diameter: 35 mm.
2. Silver medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Gedenkthaler zur Palästinafahrt des Deutschen Kaiserpaares." Reverse: female figure holding two wreaths. Legend: "Gott, der Allmachtige, gab sein Geleite! / Rukkunft 26. Nov. 1898."
Diameter: 35 mm.
3. Silver medal. Obverse: the Kaiser mounted on a horse. Legend: "Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser." Reverse: interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Legend: "Das Heilige Grab / Reize S.M. des Kaisers nach Jerusalem, Okt. 1898." Another legend on the rim: "Eine Gedenkmünze" [commemorative coin].
Diameter: 34 mm.
4. Medal. Obverse: busts of the Kaiser and Empress Augusta Victoria, facing right. Legend: "Wilhelm II Kaiser, Augusta Victoria Kaiserin v. Deutschland." Reverse legend – "Zur Erinnerung an die Kaiserreise nach den Morgenlande Jerusalem 1898." [in memory of the Kaiser's voyage to the Orient…]
Diameter: 29 mm; suspension loop.
Category
Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Two uncut printer's proofs of Lotto boards. Designed by Nehemia Bedarshi (1897-1953), a student at Bezalel. Jerusalem: "Litografia Bezalel Yerushalem", [ca. 1915].
Two sheets (color lithographs) – proofs of Lotto boards designed by Nehemia Bedarshi, featuring illustrations of the fruit, vegetables, and flowers of Palestine (several boards on each sheet; in all likelihood, the illustrations were influenced by a Lotto board game featuring the flowers of Palestine created by the painter Shmuel Charuvi, one of the teachers at the Bezalel School), with proofs of several other items: a business card and bookplate (?) of Shmuel Ben David, a library card for the Bezalel library, stamps (in Hebrew and Latin letters) of Ze'ev Raban (with both his adopted Hebrew and original surnames, "Z. Raban" and "Z. Ravitzki" respectively), Miriam Ravitzki, Shmuel Ben David, and M. Aloni, among others.
Two sheets, 50X34.5 cm. Good condition. Several minor tears to edges (not affecting print).
Reference: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, "Bezalel: 1906-1929," exhibition catalogue, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1983, pp. 204, 209 (in the Hebrew edition).
Two sheets (color lithographs) – proofs of Lotto boards designed by Nehemia Bedarshi, featuring illustrations of the fruit, vegetables, and flowers of Palestine (several boards on each sheet; in all likelihood, the illustrations were influenced by a Lotto board game featuring the flowers of Palestine created by the painter Shmuel Charuvi, one of the teachers at the Bezalel School), with proofs of several other items: a business card and bookplate (?) of Shmuel Ben David, a library card for the Bezalel library, stamps (in Hebrew and Latin letters) of Ze'ev Raban (with both his adopted Hebrew and original surnames, "Z. Raban" and "Z. Ravitzki" respectively), Miriam Ravitzki, Shmuel Ben David, and M. Aloni, among others.
Two sheets, 50X34.5 cm. Good condition. Several minor tears to edges (not affecting print).
Reference: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, "Bezalel: 1906-1929," exhibition catalogue, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1983, pp. 204, 209 (in the Hebrew edition).
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $300
Including buyer's premium
The Hanukkah Lamp, by Mordechai Narkiss, with drawings by Meir Gur Aryeh. From the publications of the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel Publishing Co., 1939. Hebrew, with English summary.
Comprehensive work by the art historian and curator Mordechai Narkiss, detailing – from both a historical and artistic perspective – the history and development of the Hanukkah lamp, in all its multifarious forms and variations. The book is dedicated in print to the memory of the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Prof. Boris Schatz. Copy from an edition of 400 copies.
18, 102, [2] pp., LXIV pp. (plates; photographs), n pp., 31.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly minor. Several tears mended with adhesive tape (not affecting text). Several leaves and plates partly detached. Strips of adhesive tape on inner margins of several leaves. Notation in pen on back endpaper. Binding with gilt impression. Minor blemishes to edges of binding.
Comprehensive work by the art historian and curator Mordechai Narkiss, detailing – from both a historical and artistic perspective – the history and development of the Hanukkah lamp, in all its multifarious forms and variations. The book is dedicated in print to the memory of the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Prof. Boris Schatz. Copy from an edition of 400 copies.
18, 102, [2] pp., LXIV pp. (plates; photographs), n pp., 31.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly minor. Several tears mended with adhesive tape (not affecting text). Several leaves and plates partly detached. Strips of adhesive tape on inner margins of several leaves. Notation in pen on back endpaper. Binding with gilt impression. Minor blemishes to edges of binding.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Three books with silhouettes by Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951):
1. "HaHalutzim" ("The Pioneers"). Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 1925. First edition. Hebrew.
Autograph inscription by the manager of "Bney Bezalel" publishing house, Yitzchak Narkis and his wife Frida, to Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966).
[4], 20, [2] ff., 23.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (some dark stains). Wear, stains and minor abrasions to binding.
2. "HaHalutzim" ("The Pioneers"). Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 1925. Second edition. Hebrew.
[4], 20, [2] ff., 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Inked stamp to inside front board. Binding partly detached. Wear, stains and abrasions to boards; minor tears to spine.
3. "Dudaim". Text by Miriam Wilensky-Stekelis. Tel Aviv: Pnina, 5707 [1946].
Autograph inscription by Gur Aryeh, dated Jerusalem, 28.11.46.
[1] 20 ff. (silhouettes) + 20 printed tissue guards, approx. 30X20 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to cover). Bookplate to inside front cover. Cover partly detached; tears and open tears to edges and spine.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
1. "HaHalutzim" ("The Pioneers"). Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 1925. First edition. Hebrew.
Autograph inscription by the manager of "Bney Bezalel" publishing house, Yitzchak Narkis and his wife Frida, to Jacob Eisenberg (1893-1966).
[4], 20, [2] ff., 23.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (some dark stains). Wear, stains and minor abrasions to binding.
2. "HaHalutzim" ("The Pioneers"). Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 1925. Second edition. Hebrew.
[4], 20, [2] ff., 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Inked stamp to inside front board. Binding partly detached. Wear, stains and abrasions to boards; minor tears to spine.
3. "Dudaim". Text by Miriam Wilensky-Stekelis. Tel Aviv: Pnina, 5707 [1946].
Autograph inscription by Gur Aryeh, dated Jerusalem, 28.11.46.
[1] 20 ff. (silhouettes) + 20 printed tissue guards, approx. 30X20 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to cover). Bookplate to inside front cover. Cover partly detached; tears and open tears to edges and spine.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951), Bakelite silhouette and silhouette prints.
Lot includes: • a Bakelite silhouette depicting camels and a palm tree • Four silhouette prints, one printed on postcard. Signed in the plate.
Bakelite silhouette: 11X11.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Prints: size varies. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Lot includes: • a Bakelite silhouette depicting camels and a palm tree • Four silhouette prints, one printed on postcard. Signed in the plate.
Bakelite silhouette: 11X11.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Prints: size varies. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951), 11 prints (most of them etchings), signed in pencil.
Included: • Portraits of Ben-Yehuda, Tchernichovsky and Bialik. • Portrait of a Yemenite boy (inscribed by Gur-Aryeh; inscription dated "Pesach 1945"). • Pioneers dancing Hora. • Jews praying at the Western Wall. • Roses (two copies of the etching, colored). • And more.
All prints are signed in pencil by Gur Aryeh.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Included: • Portraits of Ben-Yehuda, Tchernichovsky and Bialik. • Portrait of a Yemenite boy (inscribed by Gur-Aryeh; inscription dated "Pesach 1945"). • Pioneers dancing Hora. • Jews praying at the Western Wall. • Roses (two copies of the etching, colored). • And more.
All prints are signed in pencil by Gur Aryeh.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $200
Including buyer's premium
Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951), portrait of Theodor Herzl, woodcut.
Signed in the plate and in pencil.
A copy of this woodcut is held by the Petach Tikva Museum of Art and was part of the museum's exhibition entitled "Shadowscapes" in 2016-2017.
Approx. 19X14.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and stains.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Meir Gur Aryeh (1891-1951), The Nargilah Smoker, sketch for the "Nitzan group", by "Keter", affiliated with Bezalel.
Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed with monogram and signature.
Sketch for a medallion depicting a figure in Oriental dress, sitting on a stool and smoking a nargilah.
Another sketch by Gur-Aryeh, in a similar color scheme, also signed with monogram and signature, and also produced for the "Nitzan group", is photographed in "Schatz's Bezalel 1906-1929", p. 17.
Sketch: approx. 5X5 cm. Leaf: 13.5X9 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed with monogram and signature.
Sketch for a medallion depicting a figure in Oriental dress, sitting on a stool and smoking a nargilah.
Another sketch by Gur-Aryeh, in a similar color scheme, also signed with monogram and signature, and also produced for the "Nitzan group", is photographed in "Schatz's Bezalel 1906-1929", p. 17.
Sketch: approx. 5X5 cm. Leaf: 13.5X9 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Chad Gadya. Illustrated by Ze'ev Raban. Jerusalem: Bney Bezalel, 5686 [1926].
Chad Gadya with color illustrations by Ze'ev Raban. Sheet music at the end.
[16] pp (including cover), 17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Chad Gadya with color illustrations by Ze'ev Raban. Sheet music at the end.
[16] pp (including cover), 17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Chagenu, picture book, drawings by Ze'ev Raban, Bezalel Jerusalem, rhymed verse by Avi-Shai [Levin Kipnis]. New York: Miller-Lynn Publishing Co., 1928. Hebrew.
Color illustrations by Raban showing the Jewish holidays, with rhymed verses by Kipnis.
[16] leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes and stains. Blemishes to tissue guards; some tissue guards detached. Minor defects to binding.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Color illustrations by Raban showing the Jewish holidays, with rhymed verses by Kipnis.
[16] leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes and stains. Blemishes to tissue guards; some tissue guards detached. Minor defects to binding.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
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