"Exhibition of our Movement in Cyprus", illustrated poster issued by Hashomer HaTzair, [Tel-Aviv, 1948]. Design: Yechiel (Chilik) Arad (signed in the plate: "Chilik"). Hebrew.
Invitation to an exhibition displaying works by members of Hashomer HaTzair movement in the Cyprus detention camps. Linocut in grey, black and red. Depicting a pole flying a red flag and wrapped with barbed wire on the background of a watchtower.
The exhibition of works by Hashomer HaTzair members in Cyprus opened in Tel-Aviv in April 1948, after taking place first in the "winter camps" in Cyprus in October 1947 (when the JNF heard about it the organizers were requested to send it to Palestine). The exhibition was held concurrently with the opening of the fourth convention of Hashomer HaTzair in Palestine, and revenues from entrance fees were transferred to JNF. The exhibition in Tel-Aviv was curated by Shraga Weil and Kalman Grozovsky, who after arranging the exhibition in Cyprus immigrated to Palestine in late 1947.
35X50.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, creases and minor blemishes. Some stains. Professionally restored tears. Small pencil inscription on verso (seen on front as well). Mounted on thin, acid-free paper, matted and framed.
Provenance: The Rimon family Collection.