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Lot 270

70th Anniversary of Stalin's Birth – Illustrated Poster Issued by The Israeli Communist Party – Tel-Aviv, 1949

Illustrated poster commemorating Joseph Stalin's 70th birthday, "Issued by the Israeli Communist Party". Tel-Aviv: Amal Press, 1949. Signed in the plate (unidentified artist). Lithographic poster celebrating Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin's 70th birthday, issued by the Israeli Communist Party. Featuring Stalin's portrait at center, over the inscription "70 Years, 21.XII.1949" (Hebrew); at left, the Soviet Union flag flies, alongside a blue-and-white flag, with a white dove – presumably after a lithograph titled "La Colombe" (The Dove) created by Pablo Picaso that same year, which served as the logo of the 1949 Conference for World Peace. Approx. 50X70 cm; framed. Fair-good condition. Fold lines. Tears to edges and fold lines, including open tears, restored. Unexamined out of frame.