Undated silk screen print with text from Psalm 96:11 Silk screen Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult; let the sea and all within it thunder.
Category Archives: Hebrew
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A Salute to ALFRED A. KNOPF
French-fold keepsake in honor of publisher Alfred A. Knopf, with the full text of Psalm 121 in English and Hebrew, using Ismar’s Photoletting typefaces: I will lift mine eyes up unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. … Offset, 1965. This keepsake is dedicated to Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher on his 50th anniversary by »more
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ALEPHBET sketch 4
A pencil sketch on personal note paper. Graphite on paper. Based on the notepaper, these sketches are probably from the early 1980s.
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ALEPHBET sketch 3
A pencil sketch on personal note paper. Graphite on paper. Based on the notepaper, these sketches are probably from the early 1980s.
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ALEPHBET sketch 2
A pencil sketch on personal note paper. Graphite on paper. Based on the notepaper, these sketches are probably from the early 1980s.
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ALEPHBET sketch 1
A pencil sketch on personal note paper. Graphite on paper. Based on the notepaper, these sketches are probably from the early 1980s.
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NUMBERS IV: 24-26
Another visit to this worthy Old Testament blessing (Numbers VI: 24-26.) India ink and white paint or tracing paper, taped to Bristol board.
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BOOK OF THE CHILD
The Hebrew translates as: “The Book of the Child of the Keren Ha-Kayemet L’Israel. Certificate.” So, I’m guessing this was done in connection with Ismar’s design for the 1932 Golden Book for the Jewish National Fund. Watercolor or gouache on paper, c. 1932. Original artwork now in the collection of Yeshiva University Museum, New York.
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JERUSALEM SIEGE STAMP 3
Jerusalem Post, Eretz Yisrael. Denomination: 25. Photostatic copy of line art.
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JERUSALEM SIEGE STAMP 2
Jerusalem Post, Eretz Yisrael. Denomination: 10. Photostatic copy of line art.
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JERUSALEM SIEGE STAMP 1
Jerusalem Post, Eretz Yisrael. Denomination: 5. Photostatic copy of line art.
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Sketch for BARTON’S CANDY TIN 2
Sketch for a Rosh Hashanah candy tin for Barton’s Candy Corporation Pencil on tracing paper, 1960.
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Sketch for BARTON’S CANDY TIN 1
Sketch for a Rosh Hashanah candy tin for Barton’s Candy Corporation Pencil on tracing paper, 1960.
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JEWISH BOOK MONTH 1968
Resistance and Redemption. Jewish Book Month, November 15,-December 15, 1968. Jewish Book Council of America, sponsored by the National Jewish Welfare Board. Offset poster
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THE BOOK OF JONAH
Bible. Book of Jonah. Drawings and design by Ismar David with an introduction by Chaim Potok. Southbury, CT: Chiswick Book Shop, 1991. xii, 17 p., 31 cm. Cover and book design and illustrations.
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HOW GOODLY ARE THY TENTS, O JACOB
Calligraphic illustration in the prospectus booklet for the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 East 62nd Street, New York, NY. Percival Goodman was the architect of the synagogue, built in 1959. How goodly are thy tents, o Jacob, thy dwellings, o Israel.
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FIFTH AVENUE SYNAGOGUE prospectus
A loose leaf illustration enclosed in a prospectus for the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 East 62nd Street, New York, NY. Percival Goodman was the architect of the synagogue, built in 1959. The Hebrew means: Tree of Life.
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FIFTH AVENUE SYNAGOGUE PROSPECTUS envelope
Left portion of an envelope, containing a prospectus for the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 East 62nd Street, New York, NY. Percival Goodman was the architect of the synagogue, built in 1959.
