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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Peretz (Fritz) Ruschkewitz – Two Children's Calendars – 1940s
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Peretz (Fritz) Ruschkewitz – Two Children's Calendars – 1940s
Two children's calendars with color illustrations by Peretz (Fritz) Ruschkewitz. Tel-Aviv: A. Lewin-Epztein.
1. Palestine Children's Calendar 1946/47. [22] pp.
2. Palestine Children's Calendar 1947/48. [28] pp.
The calendars feature color illustrations – Jewish holidays, the landscapes of Palestine, and more. On the last page of each calendar, a short text by the designer, Ruschkewitz, addressed to the children of the Diaspora. In the 1946/47 calendar he writes: "Dear Children, this calendar is a greeting from Palestine […] I hope that you will like it and that it will bring you closer to the Jewish Homeland. – Every year this calendar should hang on the wall of your room to remind you of the cities and villages, the mountains and fields, and above all of the people of Eretz-Israel, the work of rebuilding, and the happy life of the children of Palestine".
Approx. 13.5X17 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and some minor tears.
