Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Herut" Movement - Poster

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Poster on behalf of Herut movement. Lito. printing press A. Kaufman & Co. [late 1948 or early 1949]. Hebrew.
Illustration of the walls of Jerusalem and the Tower of David. In the center is an outline of the map of Greater Israel and on the lower part is the inscription "The wall of the Old City is not the border of Jerusalem, the Jordan is not the border of our country, the sea is not the border of our people" (Hebrew), (a quotation from Menachem Begin's speech, delivered in Jerusalem in 1948).
48X67.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, some stains and small tears (lacking lower left corner). Ink-stamp deleted with black ink on upper part of poster. The entire poster is mounted on thin, acid-free, paper.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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