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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"Mishmar Ha'Am" – Large Collection of Documents from the time of Israel's War of Independence – The Montefiore ...
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"Mishmar Ha'Am" – Large Collection of Documents from the time of Israel's War of Independence – The Montefiore Neighborhood (Kiryat Moshe), Jerusalem, 1947-48
A portfolio of documents belonging to the commander of the "Mishmar Ha'Am" (lit. "People's Guard, " the Jewish Civil Defense Force) in Jerusalem's Montefiore (Kiryat Moshe) neighborhood, Sarah HaMeiri Ostrovsky, wife of Rabbi Moshe HaMeiri Ostrovsky, one of the leaders of the Mizrachi movement. The portfolio contains dozens of forms, lists, pages of guidelines and instructions, and notes, handwritten and printed, that were used in managing neighborhood affairs in the period of the Arab siege on Jerusalem during Israel's War of Independence. 1947-48.
Included: • Handwritten notebook documenting various operations in wartime and under siege – the collection of articles and various types of donations (blood donations, donations of blankets), a "community kitchen, " a list of neighborhood water cisterns and convalescent homes. • Dozens of forms confirming the borrowing of equipment (flashlights, socks, helmets, scarves) from neighborhood residents. • A list of people who refused or were unable to pay the "Defence Tax" (along with comments such as "gave only one lira, " "had no good reason for refusing to give, " "was lacking in means, " or "will pay a visit to the rabbi's wife tomorrow.") • A hand-drawn color sketch of three buildings in the neighborhood, indicating entrance locations. * Several pages of instructions regarding defensive measures in case of aerial bombardment. * "Communiqué / Orders" calling upon members to attend urgent meetings of the "Mishmar Ha'Am, " along with a list of members' names and their signatures. • Several forms to be used by members of "Mishmar Ha'Am, " including a form for listing buildings and the people responsible for them, power of attorney for people collecting equipment, instructions for those collecting equipment, and more. Some of the forms are filled out; others are left blank. • And more.
Duplicate copies of some forms. The documents are kept in an official paper portfolio of the World Mizrachi Organization.
Approx. 95 items. Size and condition vary.
