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 205:
"Wedding in the Forest" – Children's Book Illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor – Berlin-Vienna, 1920s
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"Wedding in the Forest" – Children's Book Illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor – Berlin-Vienna, 1920s
Hatunah BaYa'ar ["Wedding in the Forest"], illustrations by Else Wenz-Viëtor, rhymes by Yaʻakov David Kamson. Berlin-Vienna: Menorah Hebrew Publishing House [ca. 1923].
Hebrew translation of a story (originally in German) by Adolf Holst, telling of a wedding of dwarfs and small animals in the forest, illustrated by the German artist Else Wenz-Viëtor (1882-1973).
This booklet appeared as part of the "Lema'an HaTinokot" series published by Menorah.
Accordion-folded sheet – [14] pp., approx. 12X145 cm. Good condition. Tear at joint connecting leaves to front board. Binding worn, with minor cracks and abrasions.
See:
• Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations: The illustrated Hebrew book for children in the international era, 1900-1925," Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2005, Hebrew, pp. 118-21, and photo on p. 117.
• Uriel Ofek, "Yaʻakov David Kamson" in: "Literature for Children and Youth – Periodical, " January 1981, Hebrew, pp. 51-52.
