Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Ruth" Cigarettes - Advertisement - Ze'ev Raban

Opening: $400
Unsold
"Ruth, Government Monopoly for Turkish Tobacco". Monsohn Lithographic Press, Jerusalem, [1920s]. Design: Ze'ev Raban. Hebrew.
Advertisement for "Ruth" cigarettes, designed by Ze'ev Raban, with an exquisite illustration of Ruth the Moabite in Boaz's field. The advertisement was printed partly in gold ink.
Approx. 35X24.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line and creases. Tear to folding line and small tears to margins (two pieces of adhesive tape on reverse, on top margins).
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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