Treasures of the Israel Museum Jerusalem

TABLE OF CONTENTS AND PROVENANCE OF OBJECTS COVER: Acquired from the Sassoon Collection Auction, Zürich, 19 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums with the advice of Joseph and Caroline Gruss and with the assistance of Friends of the Israel Museum 20 Gift of the Reuben and Edith Hecht Trust; Gift of Dr. N.R Schenker, Geneva; Gift of Mrs. S. Richman, Haifa; Lent by Mr. Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem; Gift of Mrs. E. Lamport, New FRONTISPIECE: Produced by the Israel Museum York, in memory of her husband, A. Lamport 21 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums INTRODUCTION: 22 Dobkin Collection, the Israel Museum A General view of the Israel Museum 23 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums B The Billy Rose Sculpture Garden C The Maremont Pavilion of Ethnic Art III JEWISH, ROMAN, CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC PALESTINE D The Ruth Rodman Frieman Youth Wing 24 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums E The Shrine of the Book, D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman 25 Shrine of the Book Center for Biblical Manuscripts 26 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums I BEFORE THE ISRAELITES 27 Shrine of the Book 1 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 28 Gift of Prof and Mrs. Saul S. Weinberg, U.S.A. 2 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 29 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 3 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 30 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 4 From the Moshe Dayan Collection, acquired for the Israel 31 Archaeological StaffOfticer of Judaea and Samaria Museum by Wilma and Laurence Tisch, New York 32 Gift of Sarah and Yaakov Salomon, Haifa 5 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 33 Gift of Mr. Michel de Bry, Paris 6 Female Statuette: Gift of Mrs. Sarah Salomon, Haifa; male 34 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums Statuette: Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 35 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 7 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 36 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 8 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 37 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 9 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 38 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 10 Pottery fish: Israel Museum Collection; alabaster fish: Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 11 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums IV NEIGHBOURING AND DISTANT CULTURES 12 Israel Museum Collection 39 Gift of Mr. Leon Pomerance, New York, to the American Friends of the Israel Museum 13 Necklace: Permanent loan from Mrs. Charlotte Bergman; cosmetic dish: Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 40 Gift of Mr. Norbert Schimmel, New York, to the American Friends of the Israel Museum II THE ISRAELITES AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS 41 Gift of the late Sydney G. Lamon, New York, through the America-Israel Cultural Foundation 14 Bowl: Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums; jug: Israel Museum Collection 42 Gift of Mr. Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem 15 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 43 Gift of Mrs. Charles Goldman, New York, to the American Friends of the Israel Museum 16 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 44 Bequest of Prof Yuhanna Dawud, London 17 Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums 45 Gift of Faith-dorian and Martin Wright, New York, to the 18 From the Moshe Dayan Collection, acquired for the Israel American Friends of the Israel Museum, in memory of Museum by Wilma and Laurence Tisch, New York Abraham Janoff 46 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lichter, New York 71 Gift of the Schocken Family me 47 Bequest of Edith Porjes, London 72 Gift of M. Georges Halphen and M Jacques Schumann, in memory of their parents, M. and Mme Fernand Halphen, Paris 48 Bequest of Wolf Ladejinsky, Washington, D.C. 73 Gift of Baron and Baroness Edmond de Rothschild, Paris V ETHNOGRAPHY 74 Gift of Mr. David Berg, in memory of his mother, Ida Berg, to the American Friends of the Israel Museum 49 Israel Museum Collection 75 Lent by Joseph M. and Toby Tanenbaum, Toronto 50 Lent by WIZO in honour of Mrs. Martha Bamberger 51 Israel Museum Collection VIII MODERN ART 52 Israel Museum Collection 76 Gift of the Hanadiv Foundation 53 Gift of Baroness Alix de Rothschild, Les Amis du Musee d'Israel, Paris 77 Gift of the Hanadiv Foundation 54 Anonymous gift 78 Jewish Restitution Successor Organization 55 Gift of Mrs. Batsheva de Rothschild, Tel Aviv 79 Jewish Restitution Successor Organization 56 Lent by Mr. Yossi Benyaminoff, New York 80 Gift of Mr. Rubin Lipchitz, Paris 57 Israel Museum Collection 81 Billy Rose Collection, the Israel Museum 82 Gift of Mr. Max Kaganovitch, Paris, in memory of his brother Pinchas Kaganovitch, known by his pen-name "Der Nistar" VI JUDAICA 83 Gift of Mrs. Jeanette Markus, Palm Beach, to the American 58 Israel Museum Collection, purchased from Dr. Kahn with Friends of the Israel Museum the aid of Mr. Fred Monosson, New York. The Haggadah was in the possession of Ludwig and Johanna Marum, 84 Gift of Mr. Jan Mitchell, New York, through the Karlsruhe, until the Nazi epoch America-Israel Cultural Foundation 59 Acquired from the Sassoon Collection Auction, Zürich, 85 Israel Museum Collection with the advice of Joseph and Caroline Grass, and with the assistance of Friends of the Israel Museum 86 Gift of Mrs. Stella Fischbach, New York, to the American Friends of the Israel Museum 60 Anonymous gift 87 Purchase, the Riklis Fund 61 Transferred and installed with the help of Mr. Jakob Michael, New York, in memory of his wife, Erna Sondheimer Michael 62 Permanent loan of the Municipality of Bamberg. Transferred IX CONTEMPORARY ART and installed with the help of Mr. Jakob Michael, New York, 88 Bequest of the artist in memory of his wife, Erna Sondheimer Michael 89 Gift of Mr. Alex Maguy, Paris 63 Gift of Mr. M. H. Gans, Amsterdam 90 Gift of the artist and friends in London 64 Israel Museum Collection 65 Gift of Mr. Ignacio Bauer, Madrid 91 Gift of the artist 66 From right to left: Bequest of Mrs. Fruma Kerish, Holon; 92 Gift of Dr. Milton D. Ratner, New York, to the American Israel Museum Collection; Feuchtwanger Collection, Friends of the Israel Museum purchased and donated to the Israel Museum by Baruch and 93 Gift of the artist Ruth Rappaport of Geneva; E. Burstein (Lugano) Collection, the Israel Museum; Gift of thejewish Community of Berlin 94 Gift of the artist with the aid of Mrs. Andrey Sacher, London 67 Gift of the Deller Family, in memory of Abraham Deller, 95 Israel Museum Collection, Sandberg Prize through the good Offices of the late Dr. H. Feuchtwanger 96 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meshulam Riklis, New York, to the American Friends of the Israel Museum VII OLD MASTERS AND PERIOD ROOMS 97 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lewis, Richmond, to the 68 Bequest of Sydney J. Lamon, New York, to the American American Friends of the Israel Museum Friends of the Israel Museum 98 Gift of the artist 69 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. K. Lichtig, London 99 Purchase, the Ayala Zacks-Abramov Fund 70 Gift of Madeleine and Joseph R. Nash, Paris 100 Israel Museum Collection.

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