Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items

"Redeem the Land" – Poster Issued by the Jewish National Fund

Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
"Redeem the land through the Jewish National Fund", poster issued by the JNF. Tel Aviv: "Aaron Advertising", [second half of the 1930s or 1940s]. [Design: Franz Kraus?]. Hebrew.
Color illustration of the (biblical) Seven Species over the backdrop of endless desert, partly desolate and partly cultivated. At the bottom of the poster is a quote from Menachem Ussishkin, "Do not say 'we shall redeem tomorrow, ' lest by then it'll be too late, " alongside a well-known quote from the Bible, "A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; " (Deuteronomy 8:8).
Approx. 33X45.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line. Creases. Minor tears to edges. Minute open tear at center.
Photography, Posters and Graphic Art
Photography, Posters and Graphic Art