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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LOTE 283:
Song of Songs – Bibliophile Edition Designed by Izzy Pludwinski – Linocuts by Mordechai Beck – Signed and Numbered ...
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Song of Songs – Bibliophile Edition Designed by Izzy Pludwinski – Linocuts by Mordechai Beck – Signed and Numbered Copy – Jerusalem, 2001
Song of Songs, designed by Izzy Pludwinski. Linocuts by Mordechai Beck. Jerusalem, 2001.
Bibliophile edition of the Song of Songs, with linocuts by artist Mordechai Beck. The text was printed in the "Shir" Hebrew gont, designed by Pludwinski in 1998, in order to "create a more rhythmical letter-form for the characters of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet for use in lyrical texts". Copy no. 142 of 510 copies (the gematria of the Hebrew word "Shir" – song.) Signed by Beck and Pludwinski in the colophon.
Enclosed is a booklet with the JPS English translation of the text – both volume and booklet are placed in a fine, custom-made, wooden case.
Song of Songs: [5] ff., 35 pp., [3] ff., 24X34 cm. Good condition.
