The present catalogue includes an extensive chapter dedicated to Bezalel artists, including illustrated books, various objects, drawing and paintings. This chapter features numerous original sketches for works by Ze'ev Raban - Raban's sketchbook (lot 318), sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs (lot 320), sketches of the signs of the Zodiac (lot 327), a large collection of photographs of works by Raban and Meir Gur Aryeh (lot 344), and many other unique items from the estate of Shlomo Kedmi, who succeeded Raban and Gur Aryeh in the Industrial Art Studio.
The chapter dedicated to Hebrew children's books features charming works by prominent writers and illustrators: stories by Benzion Raskin illustrated by Uriel Kahana, Chaim Hanft and Haim Goldberg; poems by Itzhak Katzenelson illustrated by Gertrud Caspari; rhymes by Ya'akov David Kamson illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor; children's book published by "Omanut", with color lithograph illustrations by "Chavurat Tsayarim" (Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov and Higer); pop-up books illustrated by David Gilboa; and other rare books.
The avant-garde chapter features Yiiddish, Hebrew and Russian books, with illustrations and cover-designs by important Russian avant-garde artists such as El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Issachar Ber Ryback, Mark Epstein and Nathan Altman.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism, bibliophile works, letters, travelogues and maps of Palestine, photographs, postcards, rare Ladino periodicals, works by Safed-based artist Yosef Zvi Geiger, bibliophile works, a chapter dedicated to numismatics, and many more items.
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LOT 356:
Pair of Hexagonal Vases – Bezalel – Jerusalem, 1913
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Pair of Hexagonal Vases – Bezalel – Jerusalem, 1913
Pair of hexagonal vases produced by Bezalel. Jerusalem, 5673 (1912/1913).
Brass, etched.
Two identical hexagonal tapering vases. An empty rectangle is etched on each of the six faces, with a medallion below it. Three of the medallions contain the inscriptions: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me, and if not now, when"; "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning"; "Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you". The other three medallions depict a farmer plowing with an ox, a camel rider and a horse rider. A series of cartouches on the faces of the vases read: "Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, Jerusalem 5673" (Hebrew).
Height: 16.5 cm. Diameter: 6.5 cm. Good condition. Minor bends. Minor blemishes. Base of one vase partially detached.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz’s Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalog List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 648, p. 55.
