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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David Moss – "The Alphabet of the Angel Metatron" – Hand-Colored Prints, Signed – Two Sets of Prints, from a ...
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David Moss – "The Alphabet of the Angel Metatron" – Hand-Colored Prints, Signed – Two Sets of Prints, from a Limited Edition of 22 Copies
The Alphabet of the Angel Metatron – an Artistic Interpretation of an Ancient Mystical Hebrew Alphabet, by David Moss. New York: Bet Alpha Editions, 2000.
A portfolio comprising 22 serigraph (silk screen) prints by David Moss, hand colored. Each print is dedicated to one of the letters of the so-called "Alphabet of Metatron" – one of the scripts known as "Angelic Scripts" – mystical Hebrew letters associated with the Archangel Metatron, a dominant figure in the literature of Jewish mysticism.
This portfolio was printed in a limited number of copies. The present copy is Number 18 in an edition of 22 numbered copies, each containing two sets of 22 prints in addition to a title page print; each print is numbered and signed in pencil by the artist, David Moss.
Also enclosed is a booklet containing an introduction by Moss, in which he explains the shape and meaning of each one of the letters.
[46] loose plates (including two title page prints), 16.5X18 cm. Good condition.
Booklet: [10] ff., 28 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
