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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"The Youth" Monthly – 11 First Year Issues – New York, 1916-1917 – Illustrations
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"The Youth" Monthly – 11 First Year Issues – New York, 1916-1917 – Illustrations
11 Issues of the first year of publication of the monthly "The Youth" (in Hebrew: "Shacharut"). Edited by Zevi Scharfstein. New York: 1916-1917. Hebrew.
Issues nos. 1-10, and issue no. 12, of the first year of publication of the Hebrew monthly "The Youth". Featuring poems and articles on Jewish matters, a news column with reports on current affairs in the Jewish world, Judaism and humor columns, and more. With illustrations by Ephraim Moses Lilien, Sol Aronson, and others, and pictures. Beneath some of the articles are added English translations of difficult Hebrew words and expressions. Among the writers: Zevi Scharfstein, Ephraim Lisitzky, Abraham Soyer, Hillel Bavli, Hirsch Loeb Gordon, and others.
The magazine's editor was Zevi Scharfstein (1884-1972), a Jewish-American educator, native of Dunaivtsi (today part of the Ukraine). Scharfstein devoted his life to the advancement of Jewish culture and to the propagation of the Hebrew language – goals which, among other means, he pursued through the publication of the present magazine.
11 issues, 8 pp. per issue, 31 cm. Condition varies. Overall fair-poor condition. Many stains and wear. Fold lines and creases. Detached leaves. Tears, including long tears, with damage to text. Long horizontal tear to each leaf of the last issue.
