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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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Gabriel Grad – Collection of Posters – Lithuania and Palestine, 1920s-1940s – Color Posters
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Gabriel Grad – Collection of Posters – Lithuania and Palestine, 1920s-1940s – Color Posters
Twelve posters and adverisements related to Gabriel Grad: posters for various concerts, advertisements for music academies founded by him, and more. Lithuania and Palestine, 1920s to 1940s. Hebrew, Yiddish and some Lithuanian and English.
Included: • Color advertisement (handwritten; lithographic border), for the "Gabriel Grad's music academy in Kovno" (1920s). • Lithographic color advertisement for a concert of Hebrew music and classical music, conducted by Grad (Raseiniai, 1920). • Advertisement for the Benhatov conservatory in Tel Aviv (founded by Grad). • Poster for a concert at the Herzliya Gymnasium – music for poems by Bialik, Zalman Shneur, Tchernichovsky and others, composed by Grad (1925). • Poster for the operetta "Shnei Kuni Leml" (The Flying Matchmaker) by Abraham Goldfaden; music by Gabriel Grad (Tel-Aviv). • Advertisement for the "Popular conservatorium for laborers and clerks", directed by Gabriel Grad (Tel Aviv, 1920s?). • Advertisement for the "celebration in honor of the 60th jubilee of H.N. Bialik […] piano: composer Gabriel Grad" (Tel Aviv, 1933). • Poster for the play "Judith and Holofernes", by Rachel Grad, with music by Gabriel Grad (Tel Aviv, 1947). • And more.
12 advertisements and posters, approx. 32X63 to 70X100 cm. Fair overall condition. Stains. Tears (long tear to one poster). Creases. Worming and filing holes. Pen notations.
Gabriel Grad (1890-1950), a prominent composer in Jewish Palestine, born in Rietavas (Lithuania). Studied at the Berlin music academy, and during the years 1920-1922 established in Kovno an academy for Hebrew and classical music. In 1922, he returned to Berlin where he founded a musical ensemble with the violinist Alfred Wittenberg and the cellist Felix-Robert Mendelsohn. He immigrated to Palestine in 1924 and established in Tel-Aviv the Benhatov (Hebrew: anagram of Beethoven) conservatorium. He wrote melodies for numerous poems by Bialik and the anthem of the Tel-Aviv Port.
Enclosed:
• Two advertising posters for a concert of popular Jewish music, held in Kovno in 1921 (Grad's name is not mentioned). • Watercolor painting of the Tower of David in Jerusalem (hand-signed and captioned in Hebrew: "Painting for the opera Judith and Holofernes by Gabriel and Rachel Grad, painting by Franz Schlitzer, Tel-Aviv, 24.xi.46". • Passes issued to Gabriel Grad (during his military service?) (Russian; 1917); and additional notes.
