Group of c.26 rare postcards of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 132
(POSTCARDS)
Group of c.26 rare postcards of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
Germany and Palestine, for Bezalel, early 20th century:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $600
Formerly in the collection of Ya’akov Aviezer Kantorowitz (1890-1961), director of the carpet-weaving department at Bezalel. (For encapsulated biography see IMC, Bezalel p. 387).
Several postcards identified or signed by Kantorowitz on verso, others signed or inscribed by Boris Schatz, Ya’akov Ben-Dov (photographer) and Yitzchak Ben-Zvi (President of Israel). All were fellow-artists at Bezalel