Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Lilien's bookplate for Dr. Simonson

Star of David art Photo of a bookplate for Dr. Emil Simonson made by E.M. Lilien is courtesy of bookplates collector Bob Weinberg.
Bookplatebob@aol.com
The Stars of David are used here to frame the Hebrew name of the book’s owner. On top the title from Psalms 137: 5,
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

E.M. Lilien is entitled the First Zionist Artist: e.g.
The latest Lilien catalogue, published by the Open Museum, Tefen (1997), is entitled E. M. Lilien: the First Zionist Artist.
In 1988 there was held a Lilien conference at Ben-Gurion University.

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