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 208:
"Children, Clap Your Hands!" – Children's Poems by Itzhak Katzenelson – Color Illustrations by Gertrud Caspari
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"Children, Clap Your Hands!" – Children's Poems by Itzhak Katzenelson – Color Illustrations by Gertrud Caspari
Mikh'u Kaf, Kol HaTahf ["Children, clap your hands!"] by Itzhak Katzenelson. Illustrated by Gertrud Caspari. Warsaw: Lewin-Epztein, [1924]. Hebrew.
Book of children's poems by poet and educator Itzhak Katzenelson (1886-1944). The poems are accompanied by large color illustrations (lithographs) by the German artist Gertrud Caspari (1873-1948).
The poems in the book were probably translated from Caspari's "Kinderhumor für Auge und Ohr" (1906), or inspired by it. At least some of the illustrations were created to accompany Katzenelson's poems.
[18] ff. (possibly incomplete; according to Ofek the book comprises 22 ff.) Approx. 19X24 cm. Good condition. Minor browning. Minor stains to several leaves. Hard cover; strips of cloth adhesive tape to corners, spine and inside of cover. Stains to cover. Minor marginal tears to cover. Marginal tears to endpapers.
Rare. Not listed in OCLC.
See: Uriel Ofek, "Hebrew Children's Literature 1900-1948". Dvir, 1988. Vol. II, p. 648. No. 146-iv.
