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Artist's Books
Bet Alpha Editions has produced four limited edition hand-made books in the tradition of the great historical Artist's books. The first in the series was Jonah, which is the Book of Jonah, calligraphy by David Moss and etchings by Mordechai Beck. This book is sold out.
The Binding of Isaac
This new work is based on an original piece of art which David produced for the Akiba Academy in Dallas, Texas. The work was a mural covering 45 feet of wall and depicted the biblical story of the binding of Isaac (Genesis 22) in a colorful pictographic form. Each person or entity in the story was rendered in its own color (God is Blue, Isaac is Red, Time is Yellow etc.) and drawn in such a way that, with a little practice, the whole story can be translated directly from the images. It was such a stunning and well received piece that we had to reproduce it.
We decided to make both a scroll form, like the original and an accordion book form. It is printed on fine acid free art paper with gliclee printing that is so dramatic that the images seem to leap off the page. We have presented it as a set consisting of the hand-made book, a hand-made booklet with David's commentary and guide, and a separate 12 by 12 inch giclee print of the final image of the piece.
PRICE (scroll form): $750
PRICE (book form): $850
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An Offering For Peace Rav Nachman's prayer for peace; an elegant statement of joining together of man and wife. It is a glass book, 9 3/8 by 13 3⁄4 inches, with the Hebrew text dissected between the front and back plate, so that when the book is closed, the text becomes visible. View Animation. It can be displayed open on any flat surface. This is a wonderful gift. It comes with an English translation by David Moss. Click here for the full description.
PRICE: $795
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The second book is Lamentations, which is the Hebrew text of Lamentations, done by David Moss, and etchings of Polish synagogues, destroyed by the Nazis done by Leonid Gorban.
PRICE: $1500
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The third book is Solomon's Song of Songs. The book is an elegant book of the traditional Hebrew text, done by David Moss, accompanied by etchings by Zelly Smekhov.
PRICE: $1500
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