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 39:
Collection of Posters and Publications on the Subject of Illegal Immigration – The Haganah, the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi ...
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Collection of Posters and Publications on the Subject of Illegal Immigration – The Haganah, the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi, Beitar – Sinking of the "Struma, " 1942
Collection of posters and publications on the subject of illegal immigration. Published by the Haganah, the Irgun Tzva'i Le'umi, Beitar (and additional organizations?), Palestine, 1942. Hebrew.
1. "Who sent the 'ma'apilim' (illegal immigrants) of the ‘Struma' to the depths of the sea?" Pamphlet comprising an obituary alongside a condemnation of the British Mandatory authorities (printed three days after the sinking of the "Struma").
2. Small strip of paper bearing the insurrectionist slogan "MacMichael [British High Commissioner of Palestine, Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael] is the one responsible for the deaths of the refugees aboard the 'Struma!' Evict him immediately from this country" (apparently issued by the Irgun).
3. Flyer issued by the Irgun calling for the dismissal of the Mandatory government following the sinking of the "Struma."
4. Internally circulated notice to Beitar commanders in Palestine: Names of the members of the organization who perished with the sinking of the "Struma, " along with a directive to hold a special gathering to mourn their deaths (marked with the inked stamp of Beitar's governing body in Palestine).
5. "'Shloshim' [ceremony marking 30 days since the passing of an individual] for the Day of the [sinking of] the ‘Struma'": leaflet announcing a petition on behalf of the Jewish settlers in Palestine calling for the absorption of illegal immigrants escaping from Europe and for the release of illegal immigrants currently imprisoned in the country.
6-7. Two issues of the Haganah journal "Eshnav" (nos. 11 and 16) with articles on the subject of illegal immigrants currently imprisoned at the detention camp in Atlit.
8-10. Three leaflets demanding that illegal immigrants currently imprisoned at the detention camp in Atlit not be deported, and be released instead.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
