Early Israeli Arts and Crafts: Bezalel Treasures from the Alan B. Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum

Benjamin, Chaya. Early Israeli Arts and Crafts: Bezalel Treasures from the Alan B. Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum. Jerusalem: The Israel Musuem, 2008. First edition. Quarto. 115pp. White decorative cloth binding, with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Publishers device in black on back cover. The publication is a visual overview of the Alan B. Slifka Collection collection of Israeli art of the Bezalel School, held permanently at the Israel Musem in Jersusalem. New in publisher’s shrink wrap. Hardcover.

The Bezalel school was an art movement in Palestine in the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods. Named for the Bezalel Art School, predecessor of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, it has been described as “a fusion of ‘oriental’ art and Jugendstil” (Art Noveau). (41120) $95