Broadside for Pinelawn Memorial Park. Offset, 1977. “Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their repect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals.”
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Coin from the 1939 World’d Fair
Simply an artifact from Ismar David’s life in Jerusalem and New York: 1939 World’s Fair coin, showing the Trylon and Perisphere on one side and George Washington’s first inauguration on the other (because the April 30 opening date of the fair coincided with the 150th anniversary of Washington’s inauguration.) Bronze On March 9, 1939, Ismar arrived »more
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Rentenpfennig and Reichspfennig coins
Simply an artifact from Ismar David’s life in Germany: 1924 Weimar Rentenpfennig and Reichspfennig coins. In 1923, in an effort to stabilize Germany’s economic crisis, the Deutsche Rentenbank began issuing the Rentenmark. Backed by property and goods instead of gold, and despite not being legal tender, the currency gained the confidence of the population and »more
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PSALM 96 poster
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.
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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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GREETING CARD for Andrews Nelson Whitehead
Greeting card for paper importer, Andrews Nelson Whitehead of New York, NY Offset, 1983. Go placidly amid the noise and remember what peace may be in silence
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OMEGA bronze wall ornament
Wall ornament at Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmindale, Long Island, NY. See it in context, here. Bronze, 1978.
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ALPHA bronze wall ornament
Wall ornament at Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmindale, Long Island, NY. See it in context, here. Bronze, 1978.
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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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BRONZE DOORS
Doors to a private mausoleum in Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, New Jersey Bronze, 1967-68.
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NUMBERS VI: 24-26 sketch
A wild and wonderful pencil sketch of the English translation superimposed on a finished design—a composition of the Hebrew text of Numbers VI:24-26 in the previous post. Pencil on tracing vellum over photostat.
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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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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Left side, wall inscription from the 23rd psalm, inside a mausoleum at Beth Israel Memorial Park in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The initial T is approximately 19 inches high. Sand blasted in striated marble, 1978
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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.
