Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
Proclamation – Enlistment to the Jewish Brigade - Otte Wallish, 1945
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
To Me Belongeth Vengeance and Recompense! Ernest Mechner and Otte Wallish. Colored lithograph printing. The General Hebrew Labor Federation in Israel, 1945. Stamped in upper right corner "mw" and in bottom right corner "Mechner Wallish Atelier".
Proclamation for May 1, 1945. At the top appears a flag of the Jewish Brigade under which there is a drawing of fighting Brigade soldiers on a bright red background. At the bottom, is a quote of a Biblical verse (Devarim 32, 35): "To Me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste".
The graphic artist Otte Wallish (1903-1977) designed the “Hebrew Post” stamps and other stamps, Israeli bills and coins.
48X33 cm, framed: 57.5X42.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line.
Proclamation for May 1, 1945. At the top appears a flag of the Jewish Brigade under which there is a drawing of fighting Brigade soldiers on a bright red background. At the bottom, is a quote of a Biblical verse (Devarim 32, 35): "To Me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste".
The graphic artist Otte Wallish (1903-1977) designed the “Hebrew Post” stamps and other stamps, Israeli bills and coins.
48X33 cm, framed: 57.5X42.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line.