Jewish new year greeting card, 1988.
Monthly Archives: September, 2008
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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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MORE CIGARETTE GRAPHICS
Coupon for Cigarette Factory Lud. Another example of testing David Hebrew (oblique style) by pasting up letters. Clipping of Knesseth Ad. Hebrew version. Clipping of Knesseth Ad. English version. Graphic for Cigarette Factory Lud, Ltd. Proof for Sharon cigarettes package. Proof for Gila cigarettes package. Proof for cigarette packaging.
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EARLY PASTE UP USING DAVID HEBREW
Ismar tested his concept for a modern Hebrew typeface by pasting up letters (as if they were type) in ads such as this one for a cigarette firm.
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LIBER LIBRORUM
Liber Librorum. [Stockholm: Distributed by the Royal Library], 1955. 1 portfolio. 34 cm. Page design specimen (4 p.) for Genesis I:1-31. II:1-12.
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PARDES TORAH BERESHIT
Bible. Pardes Torah: A Jewish Commentary on the Torah. Genesis. Commentary by W. Gunther Plaut. New York: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1973. 28 p., 25 cm. Hebrew titling.
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THE WRITINGS
Bible. The Writings: A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text: Second Section. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1982. vii, 624 p., 22 cm. Dust jacket design; title and half-title designs; binding design; Hebrew lettering.
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THE PROPHETS
Bible. The Prophets: A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text: Second Section. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1978. xviii, 898 p., 22 cm. Dust jacket design; title and half-title designs; binding design; Hebrew lettering.
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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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JOHN BASKERVILLE KEEPSAKE
Portrait of the printer and typographer John Baskerville for the cover or a folder, containing a specimen of Baskerville types. The specimen was “Printed in Great Great Britain at the University Printing House, Canbridge, as a keepsake for a lecture by John Dreyfus at Gallery 303 on 17 November 1971″
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BIRD SKETCHES
As with the flower sketches and artichoke watercolor, we have no way of knowing when these little sketches were done.
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WATERCOLOR OF AN ARTICHOKE
As with the flower sketches, we have no way of knowing when this little sketch was done.
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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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DANIEL 3
Bible. Daniel 3 from the Holy Bible, King James Version. Typography by Joseph Trautwein with decorations by Ismar David. [Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1954]. [16] p., 25 cm. Edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies. Illustration; design for slipcase; lettering. Slipcase pattern. The book was made “for private distribution to friends of the publisher. Christmas 1954”
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THE GREEK COMMONWEALTH
Zimmern, Alfred Eckhard, Sir. The Greek Commonwealth; Politics and Economics in Fifth-Century Athens. New York: Modern Library, [1956]. xi, 487 p., 19 cm. Dust jacket design.
