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Auction archive: Lot number 138

Nine Bibliophilic Books – Etchings and Poems – Jerusalem Print Workshop – Bindings by Yehuda Miklaf

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Auction archive: Lot number 138

Nine Bibliophilic Books – Etchings and Poems – Jerusalem Print Workshop – Bindings by Yehuda Miklaf

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"Etchings for Poems", nine bibliophilic books, created at the Jerusalem Print Workshop between January 1988 and February 1989 and published in limited editions of 40 numbered copies signed by the artists: *Shaul Schatz, eight etchings for eight poems by Admiel Kossman. *Moshe Gershuni, ten etchings for passages from "Hachamor" by Aharon Shabtai. * Raanan Levy, eight etchings for eight poems by Amir Gilboa. *Tamara Rikman, a dozen etchings for a dozen poems by Dan Pagis. *Zvi Tolkovsky, ten etchings for ten "Ar'aa" chapters by Harold Schimmel. *Sidon Rotenberg, eight etchings for three poems by Dalia Ravikovich. * Larry Abramson ten etchings for a poem by Zali Gurevitch. * Michael Kovner, six etchings for a poem by Abba Kovner. * David Ben Shaul, ten etchings for ten poems by Aryeh Sachs. The etchings were etched by the artists on brass plates of various sizes using different techniques: Aquatint, dry etching, hard wax, soft wax and electric pencil. Preparation of the plates, burning and printing were done by the printers Sidon Rotenberg, Miriam Schnitzer and Sharon Poliakin. The poems were photographed from the poetry books and were screen printed. All of the copies were signed and numbered by the artists (all of the nine books presented here are numbered 18/30). Each book consists of 6-10 leaves, each one with a poem and an etching, printed on Arches paper 240 grams. Originally each book was printed on separate sheets placed in a wood box. The albums presented here were all bound in artistic bindings handmade by Yehuda Miklaf and placed in cardboard and leather cases with matching spines. Most of the bindings were made using a technique of leather inlay to create a design or an illustration and two of them are made from parchment. Each binding is uniquely designed reflecting implicitly or explicitly the spirit of the poems. For example, the album "Shemesh" which includes ten etchings for a poem by Zali Gurevitch, where under a very fine parchment covering the binding, a bird's feather and a delicate illustration of an eye communicate with the contents of the poem. Or the binding of the album with ten etchings by Moshe Gershuni for passages of "HaHamor" by Aharon Shabtai, a brown leather binding set with lighter brown and black leather segments creating the shape of a stone wall. On the same binding embossed shapes of lips and a gold embossing of a crown reflect the poem. " Presented here is a variety of affinities between an image and a text. Mutual projection, sometimes an exceptional merging…some of the artists – through their painting and selection of poems – who knows what came first the egg or the chicken – reach this time a quality of illustration and the European vignette similar to Medieval or Renaissance allegories. It is possible that the constraints of miniatures had to do with it and, of course: the quality of the etchings. The intensity of both- the etching and the miniature, the promptness, the intimacy and the "aloneness" all led to the creation of "proverbial" works. It is remarkable in the works of Ben-Shaul, Tolkovsky and to some extent Gershuni who is deeply impressed by Aharon Shabtai's intense expression. (From: Exhibition catalogue "Nine Albums of Etchings for Poems", Jerusalem Printing Workshop, Spring 1989; attached). 9 Books, average size 13X14 cm. Good condition. Contained in fine boxes. From the collection of Arnie Druck.

Auction archive: Lot number 138
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
Beschreibung:

"Etchings for Poems", nine bibliophilic books, created at the Jerusalem Print Workshop between January 1988 and February 1989 and published in limited editions of 40 numbered copies signed by the artists: *Shaul Schatz, eight etchings for eight poems by Admiel Kossman. *Moshe Gershuni, ten etchings for passages from "Hachamor" by Aharon Shabtai. * Raanan Levy, eight etchings for eight poems by Amir Gilboa. *Tamara Rikman, a dozen etchings for a dozen poems by Dan Pagis. *Zvi Tolkovsky, ten etchings for ten "Ar'aa" chapters by Harold Schimmel. *Sidon Rotenberg, eight etchings for three poems by Dalia Ravikovich. * Larry Abramson ten etchings for a poem by Zali Gurevitch. * Michael Kovner, six etchings for a poem by Abba Kovner. * David Ben Shaul, ten etchings for ten poems by Aryeh Sachs. The etchings were etched by the artists on brass plates of various sizes using different techniques: Aquatint, dry etching, hard wax, soft wax and electric pencil. Preparation of the plates, burning and printing were done by the printers Sidon Rotenberg, Miriam Schnitzer and Sharon Poliakin. The poems were photographed from the poetry books and were screen printed. All of the copies were signed and numbered by the artists (all of the nine books presented here are numbered 18/30). Each book consists of 6-10 leaves, each one with a poem and an etching, printed on Arches paper 240 grams. Originally each book was printed on separate sheets placed in a wood box. The albums presented here were all bound in artistic bindings handmade by Yehuda Miklaf and placed in cardboard and leather cases with matching spines. Most of the bindings were made using a technique of leather inlay to create a design or an illustration and two of them are made from parchment. Each binding is uniquely designed reflecting implicitly or explicitly the spirit of the poems. For example, the album "Shemesh" which includes ten etchings for a poem by Zali Gurevitch, where under a very fine parchment covering the binding, a bird's feather and a delicate illustration of an eye communicate with the contents of the poem. Or the binding of the album with ten etchings by Moshe Gershuni for passages of "HaHamor" by Aharon Shabtai, a brown leather binding set with lighter brown and black leather segments creating the shape of a stone wall. On the same binding embossed shapes of lips and a gold embossing of a crown reflect the poem. " Presented here is a variety of affinities between an image and a text. Mutual projection, sometimes an exceptional merging…some of the artists – through their painting and selection of poems – who knows what came first the egg or the chicken – reach this time a quality of illustration and the European vignette similar to Medieval or Renaissance allegories. It is possible that the constraints of miniatures had to do with it and, of course: the quality of the etchings. The intensity of both- the etching and the miniature, the promptness, the intimacy and the "aloneness" all led to the creation of "proverbial" works. It is remarkable in the works of Ben-Shaul, Tolkovsky and to some extent Gershuni who is deeply impressed by Aharon Shabtai's intense expression. (From: Exhibition catalogue "Nine Albums of Etchings for Poems", Jerusalem Printing Workshop, Spring 1989; attached). 9 Books, average size 13X14 cm. Good condition. Contained in fine boxes. From the collection of Arnie Druck.

Auction archive: Lot number 138
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
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