Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
"Hebrew Ships for a Hebrew Port" - Poster for "Sea Day", Designed by Franz Kraus
Opening: $800
Unsold
"Oniyot Ivriyot LeNamal Ivri" [Hebrew: Hebrew Ships for a Hebrew Port], illustrated poster in honor of "Sea Day", on behalf of the "Hevel Yami Le'Israel" (association for marine training). "Signon" press, Tel Aviv, [ca. 1946]. Design: Franz Kraus (signed in the plate).
Illustration of a large anchor, incorporated with the flag of the "Hevel Yami Le'Israel", with ships at sea in the background.
70X50 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Foxing. Tears to margins (multiple tears to left margins), with adhesive tape for reinforcement to several places. A number of open tears, with slight damage to illustration, reinforced with adhesive tape (paper substitutions glued on two of the tears).
Illustration of a large anchor, incorporated with the flag of the "Hevel Yami Le'Israel", with ships at sea in the background.
70X50 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Foxing. Tears to margins (multiple tears to left margins), with adhesive tape for reinforcement to several places. A number of open tears, with slight damage to illustration, reinforced with adhesive tape (paper substitutions glued on two of the tears).