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 245:
"Krokodil, " by Korney Chukovsky – Yiddish Translation – Illustrations by Nikolai Remizov – Riga, 1920s
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"Krokodil, " by Korney Chukovsky – Yiddish Translation – Illustrations by Nikolai Remizov – Riga, 1920s
Krokodil, Poeme far Kleyne Kinder ["Crocodile, A Story for Little Children"], by K. [Korney] Chukovsky. Translated into Yiddish by Sh. L. Shmuelson. Illustrations by "Re-Mi" [Nikolai Remizov]. Riga: Unser Zukunft, [1920s]. Yiddish.
Yiddish translation of the first children's book published by the renowned Russian-Jewish children's author, literary critic, and translator Korney Chukovsky (Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, 1882-1969). The book became a classic, and remains popular to this day.
Illustrations by "Re-Mi, " pen name of Nikolai Remizov (Никола́й Влади́мирович Ре́мизов, 1887-1975), Russian-American artist, cartoonist, and stage set designer.
[1] f., 40 pp., 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to binding and to edges of leaves). Hardcover binding, loose. Endpapers partly detached.
