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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LOT 184:
Share Certificate – Jerusalem American Land Company Limited – 1920s
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Share Certificate – Jerusalem American Land Company Limited – 1920s
Share certificate of Jerusalem American Land Company Limited. Jerusalem: HaMadpis, [1920s]. Hebrew and English.
Blank share certificate, issued by the Jerusalem American Land Company. With a receipt stub.
The Jerusalem American Land Company, a small Zionist-American firm, purchased lands in the vicinity of Jaffa's railway station, near the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, and on Mt. Carmel; it was liquidated in 1929, in the wake of the economic crisis that hit Palestine (which came to be known as "the Fourth Aliyah crisis").
Approx. 29X44 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Creases, tears and blemishes to margins. Lower margin cut unevenly (without damage to print).
