Lot 136
Baruch Agadati's Purim Ball – Poster Designed by Aryeh Elhanani and Israel Paldi – Tel-Aviv, 1925
"Purim, traditional masquerade ball organized by B. Agadati" (Hebrew). A lithographic poster printed by Berson and Kaufman, Tel-Aviv, [1925]. [Design: Aryeh Elhanani and Israel Paldi (Feldman)].
An advertising poster for Baruch Agadati's Purim ball, for invited guests only, which was held in the Girls' School hall. Of Modernist Avant-garde design, with the central illustration surrounded by sponsors' names (businesses in Tel-Aviv), prize donors' names and the program.
The painters Feldman (Israel Paldi) and Sapoznikof (Aryeh Elhanani / el-Hanani / Sapoznikov) are listed on the poster as decorators; the "Agadati – The Pioneer of Modern Dance in Palestine" catalogue (Editor: Giora Manor, Tel-Aviv: "Sifriyat HaPoalim" and Dance Library of Israel, 1968) notes that this poster was designed by Aryeh Elhanani and Israel Paldi, but it may have been designed by Agadati himself, who was also a painter.
100X71.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Stains. Closed tears and a few open tears (some affecting the illustration), restored. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid free paper.
