Collection of Glass Negatives – Works by Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur Arieh

Collection of Glass Negatives – Works by Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur Arieh
11 negatives on glass depicting works (paintings, sketches, dedication plaques and more), created, apparently, in the studio of Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur Arieh in Jerusalem ("Beit Avoda LeOmanut Industrialit") in the late 1920s and 1930s.
The negatives show:
* Two paintings by Ze'ev Raban (from the series "Esser Arim"): Western Wall and Rachel's Tomb.
* A work combining verses from the Book of Job, signed "Z. Raban, Bezalel" and "Ind. Art Studio Gur-Arieh Raban Bezalel Jerusalem".
* Sculptural sketch for the seraph on top of YMCA building, sculpted by Ze'ev Raban.
* Relief with the portrait of Meir Dizengodd and the title "[…] M. Dizengoff for his seventieth anniversary […]", signed "M. Gur-Aryeh".
* Relief – Map of Palestine, with a dedication (French) to director of PICA Jules Rosenheck, on the occasion of his retirement in 1930. Signed: "Gur-Arieh-Raban, 'Bezalel', Yerushalem".
* Sketch for a Ceylon Tea package - "Ceylon Tea 'Karat", with illustrations of the Tower of David, the Western Wall and the Hebrew University.
* Illustrated leaf, titled on top "Moshav Zekenim uZekenot…Yerushalem".
* Dedication plaque: "This building was erected in memory of Peter I. Schweitzer of New York by his wife Rebecca Schweitzer, with the cooperation of Keren HaYesod. The building, which is the property of Keren HaYesod stands on a site given to the Keren Kayemet Le-Israel by the suburb Kiriat Samuel for the purpose of a hospital"
(text in Hebrew and in English).
* Plaque with the title "Hine al HeHarim Ragle HaMevasser[….] Jerusalem".
11 negatives on glass, 9X12 to 18X13 cm. Fair-good condition. Some dark. Fractures at corners of a number of negatives. Two negatives are broken into two and reinforced with adhesive tape. One negative is broken and pieces of it are missing. Stains.