Twelve posters and adverisements related to Gabriel Grad: posters for various concerts, advertisements for music academies founded by him, and more. Lithuania and Palestine, 1920s to 1940s. Hebrew, Yiddish and some Lithuanian and English. Included: • Color advertisement (handwritten; lithographic border), for the "Gabriel Grad's music academy in Kovno" (1920s). • Lithographic color advertisement for a concert of Hebrew music and classical music, conducted by Grad (Raseiniai, 1920). • Advertisement for the Benhatov conservatory in Tel Aviv (founded by Grad). • Poster for a concert at the Herzliya Gymnasium – music for poems by Bialik, Zalman Shneur, Tchernichovsky and others, composed by Grad (1925). • Poster for the operetta "Shnei Kuni Leml" (The Flying Matchmaker) by Abraham Goldfaden; music by Gabriel Grad (Tel-Aviv). • Advertisement for the "Popular conservatorium for laborers and clerks", directed by Gabriel Grad (Tel Aviv, 1920s?). • Advertisement for the "celebration in honor of the 60th jubilee of H.N. Bialik […] piano: composer Gabriel Grad" (Tel Aviv, 1933). • Poster for the play "Judith and Holofernes", by Rachel Grad, with music by Gabriel Grad (Tel Aviv, 1947). • And more. 12 advertisements and posters, approx. 32X63 to 70X100 cm. Fair overall condition. Stains. Tears (long tear to one poster). Creases. Worming and filing holes. Pen notations. Gabriel Grad (1890-1950), a prominent composer in Jewish Palestine, born in Rietavas (Lithuania). Studied at the Berlin music academy, and during the years 1920-1922 established in Kovno an academy for Hebrew and classical music. In 1922, he returned to Berlin where he founded a musical ensemble with the violinist Alfred Wittenberg and the cellist Felix-Robert Mendelsohn. He immigrated to Palestine in 1924 and established in Tel-Aviv the Benhatov (Hebrew: anagram of Beethoven) conservatorium. He wrote melodies for numerous poems by Bialik and the anthem of the Tel-Aviv Port. Enclosed : • Two advertising posters for a concert of popular Jewish music, held in Kovno in 1921 (Grad's name is not mentioned). • Watercolor painting of the Tower of David in Jerusalem (hand-signed and captioned in Hebrew: "Painting for the opera Judith and Holofernes by Gabriel and Rachel Grad, painting by Franz Schlitzer, Tel-Aviv, 24.xi.46". • Passes issued to Gabriel Grad (during his military service?) (Russian; 1917); and additional notes.

Ofek, advertisement poster for cigarettes, designed by Franz Krausz (signed in the plate). Tel Aviv: E. Levin Epstein, [1930s]. Color lithographic advertisement poster, designed by Franz Krausz (1905-1998). One of the many posters designed by Krausz for the Dubek cigarette company. 68X48.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly to margins. A few (minor) tears to edges. Minor creases.

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.

"HaKalbah Lassie" [The Dog Lassie], color poster, "Poster presented as a gift by Etzbaoni – The Magazine for Children." Signed in the plate: "Asher [Dikstein] and Dana Ein Dor." Published by "Etzbaoni." [1960s?]. Hebrew. Color illustration of the dog "Lassie, " the main character of the book "Lassie Come Home" (1940) by Eric Knight. 54X38 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Fold lines. Tears to edges and to length of fold lines, mostly minor (one tear longer, with minor damage to illustration, reinforced with adhesive tape). The illustrator Asher Dikstein (Ein Dor; 1943-2021), was one of the founding fathers of the Israeli comics industry. He edited the magazines "Bambi, " "Buki, " and "Harpatkot La-No'ar"; illustrated the comics series "Ha-Aretz Shelanu" ["Our Land"] by Yariv Amaziah (pen name of author Pinchas Sadeh), as well as books of the series "Hasambah"; created comic strips for the children's magazines "Davar Liladim" and "Etzbaoni"; in the latter capacity, he illustrated the tales of "Lassie" (translated from the English); illustrated book covers for the pocket book series "Patrick Kim, " "Bill Carter, " and "Ringo"; illustrated posters, and more. Became religiously observant later in life, settled in Safed, and began illustrating comic strips geared toward the Haredi public.

Four posters of Fatah (Palestinian National Liberation Movement): 1. Picture of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000), and the inscription "و ستبقى رمز هذه الأمه / هدية فتح الثورة القائد العربي" [May you remain the symbol of this nation…]. With the symbol of the Fatah Movement to the right and a picture of the Dome of the Rock to the left. 24.5X35 cm. 2. Picture of Hafez al-Assad within a round frame in the pattern of the Syrian and Palestinian flags; symbol of the Fatah Movement in the upper left corner. Reading: "لم يبقَ لنا إلا أنت" [We have no one but you…] and "القائد و الرائد و صاحب القرار و الحافظ لحقوق شعبنا الفلسطيني" [Leader… defender of the rights of our Palestinian people]. 34X49.5 cm. 3. Color poster for the 16th Land Day, designed by the Syrian artist Youssef Abdelki [Abdelke]. 1981. Depicting a member of the Fatah holding a rifle, on which a dove is perched; the inscription "الذكرى ١٦ لانطلاقة الثورة ١٩٦٥ ١٩٨١ (فتح)" [The 16th Anniversary of the onset of the 1965-1981 Revolution (Fatah)] appears on the poster three times. On the lower left corner, the symbol of the Fatah. 49X69 cm. 4. Color poster for the 16th Land Day, designed by Ismail Shammout. 1981. Depicting a dove with wings and head in the colors of the Palestinian flag, over Kalashnikov rifles. Reading: "Revolution until (!) Victory – ثورة حتى النصر". On the lower right corner, the symbol of the Fatah. 46.5X67.5 cm. Good overall condition. Creases and stains. Tears to edges, mostly small.