Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"A Book for the Diaspora", Poster Designed by Emanuel Grau – Collecting Books for "She'erit Hapletah"

Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
"Your brother in the Diaspora, in the camps and on the roads needs a Hebrew book, give him one of your books / A Book for the Diaspora" (Hebrew), a poster calling to donate books for the Jews of "She'erit Hapletah". [Jerusalem]: Lit. Offset "Graphica" Press, [second half of the 1940s]. Design: Emanuel Grau.
A poster encouraging the donation of Hebrew books to the Jews "in the Diaspora, in the camps and on the roads". The poster was designed by Emanuel Grau, a graduate of the Department for Applied Graphics of Bezalel and one of its teachers. The illustration on the poster depicts a hand giving four youths a book titled "Ivrit" ("Hebrew"). Addresses for sending the books, in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, are printed on the bottom of the poster.
Approx. 46.5X69 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Small tears to edges, restored with acid-free tape on verso. Inscription in felt-tipped marker on verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Grphic Art, Postcards and Posters
Grphic Art, Postcards and Posters