Ze'ev Raban – Two Original Sketches – Expulsion from the Garden of Eden and The Prophecy of End-Time

1. "And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb", sketch for a ceramic tile picture which adorned the home of Ze'ev Raban in Jerusalem. [Early 1920s].
Pencil and watercolor on paper. Stamped on verso, "Ze'ev Raban, Industrial Art Workshop (formerly Gur Aryeh & Raban), Bezalel, Jerusalem".
19X41 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases. Tears. Small open tears to margins, not affecting sketch. Some tears restored with adhesive tape on verso. Light stains. Slightly dark paper. Attached to a passe-partout on upper margins.
Literature: Tiles Adorned City, by Batia Carmiel (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, the Museum of the History of Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1996), Illustration no. 5 (pp. 22-23).
2. Sketch for a triptych with three vignettes of Adam and Eve and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden (Illustrations for the verses "And they sewed fig-leaves", "And He banished Man" and "By the sweat of your brow, you shall eat bread").
Pencil and watercolor on paper. Several stamps of "Ze'ev Raban, Industrial Art Workshop (formerly Gur Aryeh & Raban), Bezalel, Jerusalem".
Leaf 14X45 cm. Good condition. Light stains and creases. Tears to margins, not affecting sketch. Attached to passe-partout at upper margins.