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 40:
The Irgun – Braodside and Propaganda Sheets – Holocaust Survivors in Europe, 1947
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The Irgun – Braodside and Propaganda Sheets – Holocaust Survivors in Europe, 1947
Braodside and propaganda sheets issued by the Irgun Zva'i Leumi (Etzel). Printed in Europe, 1947 (one sheet undated). Yiddish and Slovak.
1. "Brieder" ["Brothers"], broadside. Dated: "In the Diaspora, 12th of Sivan, 5707" [May 31, 1947]. Yiddish.
Broadside appealing to Holocaust survivors in Europe with a call to support the Irgun in the domestic struggle taking place within the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. The broadside bemoans the hypocrisy of the Yishuv's institutional leaders who, on one hand, lead a propaganda campaign among the Jews of Europe promoting the struggle against the British, and at the same time undermine the Irgun fighters and their supporters in Palestine.
2. "Iddish Blut is Nisht Kein Vasser" ["Jewish Blood is Not Water"], transcription of a radio broadcast titled "Kol Zion HaLohemet" ["Voice of Fighting Zion"] (the Irgun's radio station). Dated (in Yiddish): "In the Diaspora, Sivan 5707," [1947]. Yiddish.
3. "Kommunikat, " information sheet issued by the Irgun, dated "In the Austrian Diaspora, 5708" [1947]. Yiddish. A report on eight acts of reprisal conducted by Irgun fighters against the Arab population in Palestine, December 1947.
4. "Vyhlasenie" ["Proclamation"], typewritten sheet issued by the Irgun. "In the Diaspora, " [undated]. Slovak.
[4] ff., approx. 29X20 cm to approx. 34X23.5 cm. Condition varies. Fold lines and minor blemishes. Minor tears, some mended. Inked library stamps. No. 4 in fair condition (creases and wear, closed and open tears; reinforced with strips of adhesive tape).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
