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 13:
"Theodor Herzl" Troop of the Youth Movement "Universal Union of Jewish Youth" in Tunis – Tally Book, with Drawings ...
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"Theodor Herzl" Troop of the Youth Movement "Universal Union of Jewish Youth" in Tunis – Tally Book, with Drawings, Photographs, Newspaper Clippings, etc. – Tunis, 1936-1937
Livre Tally de la Patrouille des Aigles [Tally Book of the Eagle Patrol], the "Theodor Herzl" troop of the "Union Universelle de la Jeunesse Juive" (U.U.U.J) in Tunis. Tunisia: 1936-1937. French.
A booklet made by members of the "Eagle patrol" of the Theodor Herzl troop, a group belonging to the "Union Universelle de la Jeunesse Juive" (U.U.U.J) in Tunis. The booklet contains many color illustrations, photographs from the patrol's various scouting activities, newspaper clippings, postcards, and pictures of important Zionist figures, of places in Palestine and of different sites in Tunisia. The hand-written text in French reports on the patrol's diverse activities throughout the year, and includes various materials on Zionism.
The U.U.U.J was established in Paris as a Zionist youth movement, inspired by the Scouts Movement; its first chapter in Tunisia was established in 1924. The organization was well oriented towards Zionism, which was seen as both a practical and a spiritual solution for the plight of the Jewish nation. It was operated by French Jews, for Jews of the Orient and Eastern Europe, and in this sense resembled the "Alliance Israélite Universelle."
For further reading, see: "Zionism in Tunisia: French Colonialism and Local Nationalism, " by Haim Saadoun. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 2019. p. 127. (Hebrew).
[107] ff., 22 cm. Stains. Minor tears. Several leaves and gatherings detached. Some items that were pasted onto the pages are detached. Strips of acidic tape to several leaves and cover. Cloth-covered boards; binding loose and worn. Stains and tears to binding.
Enclosed:
• Program of the U.U.U.J fair, held in Tunis in 1948, with a leaflet containing information on the movement and its history (French).
• Leather Star of David, to be worn on the clothes.
