Yerushalayim HaBenuyah: Chalom BeHakitz, Sefer Rishon [The Rebuilt Jerusalem: A Waking Dream, Book One].

AUCTION 84 | Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

"K2" Online Sale of Judaica: Printed Books, Posters and Ceremonial Objects Including large sections devoted to: American-Judaica, Cook-Books, Holy Land and Minhagim Books

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SCHATZ, BORIS

Yerushalayim HaBenuyah: Chalom BeHakitz, Sefer Rishon [The Rebuilt Jerusalem: A Waking Dream, Book One].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Image of Boris Schatz and the Biblical Bezalel on the rooftop of the Bezalel School on front cover. pp. 190, (4). Browned. Original pictorial boards, faded, spine distressed. Sm. 4to.

Jerusalem: 1924

Est: $70 - $100

PRICE REALIZED $40

Boris Schatz (1866-1932) was the founder of the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem, and is considered the father of Israeli art. Yerushalayim HeBenuyah is a utopian novel in which Schatz and the eponymous Bezalel ben Uri explore and discuss the “rebuilt Jerusalem” of the future - of the year 2018. In their vision, the Land of Israel is a technologically advanced, socialist, and egalitarian state; with of course, the Fine Arts playing a central role in society.