Official poster published for the sixth Independence Day of the State of Israel. Litho-offset "Kaufman and Co.", the Governmental Printer, Jerusalem, 1954. Design: Gerd Rothschild and Zev Lipman (signed in the plate: "Roli").
An illustration of the remnants of an ancient stone structure with various Jewish symbols (seven-branched Menorah, a Shofar, a Lulav), to which six new bricks were added. Among the bricks, a young olive branch is growing, with six leaves.
Approx. 67X97 cm. Good condition. Creases and stains to verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

The Independence Day Poster of the State of Israel was a special poster published once a year for the Independence Day celebrations of the State of Israel. The posters were chosen by a special committee of artists and intellectuals (including Bezalel Schatz, Yitzchak Danziger, Dan ben Amotz and others), from proposals submitted anonymously by Israeli designers. The winners of the competition were declared a few weeks before Independence Day and the posters they had designed decorated the country that year. In the first decades of the State, the posters gained a unique status in Israeli culture and their design was considered an extraordinary achievement for an Israeli designer. The designers included Yohanan Simon, Pal Kor, the Shamir Brothers, David Tartakover, Jean David and others. The last Independence Day Poster was issued in 2018.