Auction 014
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Jun 5, 2018
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LOT 460:
Ze'ev Raban – Two Original Sketches for Chad Gadya
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Ze'ev Raban – Two Original Sketches for Chad Gadya
Ze'ev Raban, two original sketches for Chad Gadya. [Early 1920s].
Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper. Unsigned.
Two leaves with initial sketches of medallions (at various stages of work) with scenes of Chad Gadya. Beside the medallions and on the verso of the leaves are several more sketches (figures).
Similar medallions appear on the bronze relief of Chad Gadya by Raban, 1914. See: Ze'ev Raban, a Hebrew Symbolist, by Batsheva Goldman-Ida (Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Ben-Zvi Institute, 2001), Item no. 66 (p. 68).
[2] leaves, each 11.5X19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Tiny holes and tears. Pencil drawings and scribbles on the sketches. Attached to passe-partout at upper margins.
