One of two stone features for the Garden of Hymns in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, LI, NY, 1966.
Category Archives: 1960s
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Pinelawn: GARDEN OF HYMNS 1
One of two stone features for the Garden of Hymns in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, LI, NY, 1966.
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Pinelawn: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
A mausoleum for Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, 1965-67. Ismar’s first job for Pinelawn. It was owner Alfred Locke’s choice to use this quotation by John Donne. His original concept had been something quite different, involving a literal island. Instead, Ismar designed this modern and monumental inscription. The lower case letters »more
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH: JONAH illustration
Doublespread illustration and chapter title for Jonah in The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969.
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH: ESTHER illustration
Doublespread illustration and chapter title for Esther in The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969.
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH: ECCLESIASTES illustration
Doublespread illustration and chapter title for Ecclesiastes (Koheleth) in The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969.
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH: LAMENTATIONS illustration
Illustration and chapter title for Lamentations in The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969.
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH: RUTH illustration
Doublespread pages, illustration and chapter title, for Ruth in The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969.
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH: The Song of Songs illustration
Illustration and chapter title for The Song of Songs in The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969.
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THE FIVE MEGILLOTH AND JONAH
Bible. The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation. Introduction by H.L. Ginsburg, with drawings by Ismar David. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969, and 2nd rev. ed., 1974. xi, 121 p., 24 cm. Book design; dust jacket design; text illustrations; chapter titles; numbers.
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POEMS FROM THE GERMAN, a few ornaments
Selection of ornaments for Poems from the German (Helen Plotz, comp., T.Y. Crowell, [1967].)
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POEMS FROM THE GERMAN pencil sketch
Pencil sketch for an illustration that was not used for Poems from the German (Helen Plotz, comp., T.Y. Crowell, [1967].)
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POEMS FROM THE GERMAN illustrations
Scan of pages 88-89 in Poems from the German. (Helen Plotz, comp., T.Y. Crowell, [1967].) All the full page illustrations were arranged in double spreads like this one.
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POEMS FROM THE GERMAN
Plotz, Helen, comp. Poems from the German. Drawings by Ismar David. Poems of the World series. New York: T.Y. Crowell, [1967]. vii, 181 p., 21 cm. Book design; dust jacket design; illustrations; decorative elements.
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THE TORAH
Bible. The Torah: The Five Books of Moses. . Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1962. 393 p., 22 cm. . Dust jacket design; title and half-title designs; binding design; Hebrew lettering.
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THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
Bible. The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text: A New Translation with the Aid of Previous Versions and with the Constant Consultation of Jewish Authorities. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. Things become a little murky with this title. Ismar did graphic work for for several JPS editions (possibly 1955, 1958, and 1967) of »more
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DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Zimmerman, John Edward. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York: Harper & Row, [1964]. xx, 300 p., 21 cm. Dust jacket design.
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NEDJMA
Yacine, Kateb. Nedjma: A Novel. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. New York: G. Braziller, 1961. 344 p., 21 cm. Dust jacket design.
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POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Wordsworth, William. Poems of William Wordsworth, selected by Elinor Parker, with wood engravings by Diana Bloomfield. New York: T.Y. Crowell, 1964. 147 p., 21 cm. Dust jacket design.
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MENTAL HEALTH AND THE BIBLE
Wise, Carroll A. Mental Health and the Bible: How to Relate the Insights of the Bible to the Recent Findings of Psychology and Medicine. Harper ChapelBooks, CB23H. New York: Harper & Row, [1966]. 168 p., 21 cm. Paperback cover design.