IN HEBREW. RARE book published in 1983, parallel to the Israel Museum`s exhibition of early Bezalel artwork and documents. The book features articles on Bezalel founder Boris Schatz, the history of Bezalel, the persons active in its early days, and the problem of evaluation of their work. The book contains numerous color and b&w photographs and reproductions of works from that period, many of which are published for the first time. 250x215mm. 369 pages. Brown cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Jacket edges tattered/slightly torn. Cover bottom corners and spine edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and reliable source of information on the genesis of Jewish-Israeli art is in very good condition.