Collection of Works by Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur-Arieh – Decorative and Commercial Art – Original Sketches

Collection of Works by Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur-Arieh – Decorative and Commercial Art – Original Sketches
Collection of works by Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur-Arieh – original sketches (pencil, ink and watercolor on paper) for logos and wrappers for products, and printing proofs.
1-3. Three sketches for labels by Ze'ev Raban:
* Sketch – label for soap made by "Emek" – "Emek Palestine Olive Oil Toilet Soap". Ink stamped on the back "Ze'ev Raban, Industrial Art Studio (formerly Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
* "Zoulaika" sketch for a label. Hand-signed by Raban and ink-stamped "Ze'ev Raban, Industrial Art Studio (formerly Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
* Sketch for "Lieber" company cocoa label. Ink stamped on the back "Ze'ev Raban, Industrial Art Studio (formerly Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem" (Hebrew).
4. Leaf with illustrations of a cactus and a palm tree. With an inscription hand-signed by Raban: "for A. Baltinester, finished on 30.4.45 Z. Raban".
5. "Diskin Orphanage", Final sketch for a sign. Ink-stamped "Ze'ev Raban, Industrial Art Studio (formerly Gur-Arieh and Raban), Bezalel, Yerushalem". Framed.
6-7. Two leaves with pencil sketches for logos, by Meir Gur-Arieh – sketches for a logo "LeMa'an HaYeled veHaNa'ar" and sketches for a logo with the name "Yahav" in ancient Hebrew script. Both signed by Meir Gur-Arieh.
8. Printed label for "Nur Cigarettes", with illustration in color.
9. Proof printings for title page of the newspaper "Palestine and the Near East", designed by Meir Gur-Arieh (special issue – 25th anniversary of "Bezalel").
Size and condition vary.