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 369:
Three JNF Boxes – Hungary and Other Places, 1930s
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Three JNF Boxes – Hungary and Other Places, 1930s
Three JNF boxes. Hungary and other places, 1930s.
1. "Blue box" bearing a lion set in a Star of David and the words "Keren Kayemet LeYisrael" (Hebrew), with the JNF Hebrew logo. [Palestine? Ca. 1930s]. ("The Blue Box", p. 59).
12.5X10X5 cm. Fair condition. Blemishes to paint. Bends. Lock damaged.
2. "Zion" box – "Short map" box, depicting the map of Palestine without the Negev; Dead Sea indicated. [Hungary, ca. 1930s].
"The Blue Box" catalog does not list a "Zion" box made in Hungary. A very similar box is seen in a calendar for the Hebrew year 5704 designed by Pesach Ir-Shai, published by the JNF in Budapest, 1943.
12.5X9.5X4.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Bends. Lock damaged.
3. "Zion" box – "Short map" box, depicting the map of Palestine without the Negev; Dead Sea indicated. [Place of manufacture not indicated, ca. 1930s].
12X9.5X4.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Blemishes to paint. Minor bends.
Literature: Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dotan Shulman, The Blue Box. 2014.
