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 12:
Calendar of the Zionist Federation of Germany for Hebrew Year 5697 – Berlin, 1936 – Photographs from Palestine
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Calendar of the Zionist Federation of Germany for Hebrew Year 5697 – Berlin, 1936 – Photographs from Palestine
Palästina Kalender [Palestine Calendar], published by Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland [Zionist Federation of Germany]. Berlin: Jüdische Rundschau Press, 1936. German.
Hebrew-Gregorian desktop calendar for Hebrew year 5697 (1936/37). Contains numerous photographs by some of the most prominent photographers in Palestine at the time, including Zoltan Kluger, Nahum Tim Gidal, Helmar Lerski (stills excerpted from the movie "Avodah"), Rudi Weissenstein, Anna Mosbacher, Ernst Mayr, and others. The photographs, sometimes accompanied by brief texts, present the land – both its landscapes and its people – in a manner flattering and conducive to the Zionist agenda. Also appearing on the calendar are advertisements for the Jewish weekly "Jüdische Rundschau" as well as brief notes dealing with a wide range of Zionist organizations and institutions, such as the Zionist Federation of Germany, the Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod, the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO), and Maccabi.
The Zionist Federation of Germany [Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland] was established in Cologne in 1894 by the Zionist leaders Max Bodenheimer (1865-1940), Fabius Schach (1868-1942), and David Wolffsohn (1855-1914), and others. The Federation served as the umbrella organization for the various Zionist organizations of Germany. Among its responsibilities, it was involved in fundraising for the purposes of purchasing land in Palestine and granting assistance and support to immigrants to Palestine. In addition, the Federation published a number of journals, of which the "Jüdische Rundschau" was the most widely distributed; at its height, it was circulated in tens of thousands of copies, and was among the most widely read Zionist periodicals in the world.
Not listed in NLI catalogue.
[48] pp., 22.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (several leaves with numerous stains). Minor creases. Minor blemishes and wear to cover.
