"It all depends on you", poster issued by the "Haganah". Palestine, [ca. 1947]. Hebrew and English. Design: Itamar David.
Depicting the "Hish" (field corps of the Haganah) logo alongside a pointing hand on a black background and the text "It all depends on you" in Hebrew and English. Text at bottom: "Haganah poster no. 2". The poster and the logo were both designed by Itamar David.
Itamar (Ismar) David (1910-1996), illustrator, graphic designer, typographer and the designer of the Hebrew font "David". David studied at the Charlottenburg School of Applied Arts in Berlin and in 1932 immigrated to Palestine, settling in Jerusalem. Over the 1930s and 1940s he became one of the leading graphic artists of the Zionist Movement, designing some of the first postage stamps, posters and banknotes of the State of Israel. His proposal for the emblem of the State of Israel was one of the three proposals discussed by the committee tasked with choosing the emblem. In 1952, he moved to New York, where he designed several monuments, parks and synagogues and created important works in the field of Hebrew calligraphy.
53X83.5 cm. Fold lines. Minor creases. Small tears to edges and fold lines.