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Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970) – Wine Labels / The Twelve Spies – Collection of Sketches and Prints - Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), collection of sketches and prints. Pencil and ink on paper; lithographs. Ten leaves with sketches (some with several sketches) for labels of Carmel Oriental wine, for a medallion depicting the twelve spies, and more; two sheets with print proofs, some upside down; six final versions of printed wine labels. A label for the Chateau King Solomon wine of Carmel Oriental is photographed in ”Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist”, p. 109 (the Hebrew version of the label is included in the present collection). Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Literature: Batsheva Goldman Ida, Ze'ev Raban: a Hebrew Symbolist. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2001. Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.