Lot 297
"Plow! Banish the Wilderness with a Plow" - Poster
"Charosh! Garesh Shemama BeMachresha" [Plow! Banish the Wilderness with a Plow], poster encouraging agricultural work among discharged soldiers. Published by the "Culture Service of the Israel Defense Forces and the Ministry of Defense, the Department for Soldier Settlement and Rehabilitation". "Sasson" Lithographic Press, Ramat Gan, [late 1940s or early 1950s]. Design: P. Steiner. Hebrew.
Color lithograph poster. A hand raising a sword whose blade is sprouting a stalk of grain. Red and blue inscription with a plowed field and a tent camp in the background.
68X100 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, stains (some dark), creases and tears. Piece of upper left corner missing. Adhesive tape peeling marks. Pen inscription to margins.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
