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 9:
Two Promotional Leaflets for JNF Stamps – Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau – Germany, 1909
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Two Promotional Leaflets for JNF Stamps – Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau – Germany, 1909
Two promotional leaflets for the first JNF stamps bearing portraits of Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau. Germany, [1909]. German.
1. "Die neue Nationalfondsmarke, Photogravur…". Promotional leaflet for a JNF stamp issued on the anniversary of Herzl's death. The design, used in JNF stamps and other items for decades, is by Hans Dieters. It shows Herzl leaning over a balcony (after a photograph taken by E.M. Lilien), looking toward the Tower of David, as a group of Jewish pioneers march in the valley between him and the walls of the Old City; inscriptions above and below the image (Hebrew): "Jewish National Fund", "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning". As noted at the bottom, the image on the leaflet was printed in the same method and from the same original as the stamps.
28.5X21 cm. Good condition.
2. "Nordaumarke des Judischen Nationalfonds, Photogravur…". Promotional leaflet for a JNF stamp with a portrait of Max Nordau by Salomon Roukhomovsky. Inscriptions: "Jewish National Fund" (Hebrew) / "Max Nordau".
28.5X21 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minute tears to edges.
