Nurit Shilo-Cohen.

Jerusalem, Israel, 1983. 392 pp., illustrations: 27 col., 588 b&w, 24.6 × 22.3 cm. English.

9652780014

Israel Museum (December 1982–June 1983)

A comprehensive book marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Bezalel Art School, the 50th anniversary of Boris Schatz’s death, and an exhibition dedicated to both. In-depth essays on various aspects of Bezalel’s history and character—its background, historical periods, founder, premier painters, style and iconography, objects (problems of identifying and dating), culture, sales and promotions, museum, etc. by Nurit Shil-Cohen, Yigal Zalmona and Gideon Ofrat-Friedlander. Separated exhibition checklist. 1453 items.

This catalog remains the most significant body of scholarship on the Bezalel Art School.

BEZALEL ART SCHOOL
CARPETS/RUGS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HANUKKAH LAMPS
HOLY LAND SOUVENIRS, OLIVE WOOD
PAINTINGS
PORTRAITS
PHOTOGRAPHS
PLATES
SCHATZ, BORIS
TILE DECORATIONS
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Drawings/Sketches
Besamim
Biblical images
Book bindings
Book illustration
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Clocks/Watches
Damascene work
Dreidels
Etrog containers
Had Gadya
Hand-washing vessels
Historical documents
Historical photographs
Holy Land souvenirs
Jewelry
Jewelry boxes
Judaica exhibitions, pre-World War II (photographs of)
Keter Torah
Kiddush cups
Letter openers
Mezuzah cases
Needlework/Embroidery
Painters, Jewish
Pesach plates
Posters
Prints
Purim plates
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Seals/Stamps
Synagogue doors
Tefillin cases
Tobacco/Snuff boxes
Torah Ark curtains
Torah cases
Wall sconces
Writing implements
Yad
Yahrzeit/Memorial lamps
Zecher le-Churban plaques
Zionism

Invitation to exhibition opening, leaflet, 4 pp., 1 b&w illus., 12.5 × 18 cm.

‮בצלאל של שץ ‭1929–1906‬: רשימה קטולוגית של החפצים בתערוכה‬‎ [Schatz’s “Bezalel” 1906–1929: Catalog Listing of Objects in the Exhibition], 1983. 119 pp., 1 col., 211 b&w illus., 24 × 21 cm. Basic listing, mostly according to medium, with additional sections devoted to gifts given to members of the Bezalel Institute in the late 1920’s, gifts given to Boris Schatz, and works of students (including preliminary sketches of ceremonial objects). 1453 items.