Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
The First of May – Shamir Brothers
Opening: $1,400
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Poster issued for the first of May by the Histadrut HaOvdim. "Dafna" lithographic press, 1954. Design: Shamir Bros. Hebrew.
Color illustration, portraying three figures representing the working class in Eretz Israel. At the front – a farmer, wearing a blue shirt and holding a shovel. Behind stands a soldier holding a rifle and a builder holding a hammer and wearing a cap. In the background, behind the figures,the map of Eretz Israel is presented. On the lower part appears the inscription:"His hand wrought work and in the other he held a weapon" (Nehemia, 4,11).
68X48 cm. Good condition, minor spotting and tears at the edges. Adhesive tape placed round upper edges (for restoration).
Color illustration, portraying three figures representing the working class in Eretz Israel. At the front – a farmer, wearing a blue shirt and holding a shovel. Behind stands a soldier holding a rifle and a builder holding a hammer and wearing a cap. In the background, behind the figures,the map of Eretz Israel is presented. On the lower part appears the inscription:"His hand wrought work and in the other he held a weapon" (Nehemia, 4,11).
68X48 cm. Good condition, minor spotting and tears at the edges. Adhesive tape placed round upper edges (for restoration).
Posters, Bibliophilia, Bezalel, Israeli and International Art
Posters, Bibliophilia, Bezalel, Israeli and International Art