Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Two Posters – "Life Cycle" – Dan Ben Amotz
Opening: $250
Unsold
Two "Life Cycle" posters, reproduction of posters of the turn of the 20th cent. [Israel, ca. 1960s].
"Man's life on earth"/"Woman's life on earth", two posters with illustrations in color portraying a man and a woman's "Life Cycle". Each illustration shows two symmetric staircases joined into one unit. Nine figures stand on the stairs, on each stair appears the age of the person standing on it – age ten to ninety – and a short, rhymed, text. The texts, of a sarcastic and chauvinist nature, were phrased by Dan Ben Amotz. 40.5X32 cm each. Good condition. Minor stains, minor tears at edges.
"Man's life on earth"/"Woman's life on earth", two posters with illustrations in color portraying a man and a woman's "Life Cycle". Each illustration shows two symmetric staircases joined into one unit. Nine figures stand on the stairs, on each stair appears the age of the person standing on it – age ten to ninety – and a short, rhymed, text. The texts, of a sarcastic and chauvinist nature, were phrased by Dan Ben Amotz. 40.5X32 cm each. Good condition. Minor stains, minor tears at edges.
British Mandate, Underground Movements, War of Independence and the Establishment of Israel
British Mandate, Underground Movements, War of Independence and the Establishment of Israel