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Lot 141 Purim Festivities in "Ohel" Theater in the "Levant fair" Compound - Illustrated Poster, 1935
Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
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"'Ohel' Purim Festivities", illustrated poster - invitation to a Purim ball of the "Ohel" theater in the "Levant Fair" compound. No printer information, [Tel-Aviv], 1935. English.
Invitation to Purim festivities of the "Ohel Theater" held in 1935 in the "Levant Fair" compound. Linoleum print in red and green. The illustration depicts Queen Esther riding on the Flying Camel (symbol of the "Levant Fair").
"Ohel" theater organized Purim balls since 1929 and during the 1930s. For the event in 1935 the large hall of the "Totzeret HaAretz" pavilion in the "Levant Fair" was decorated by the best painters of the period, among them Avigdor Stematsky and Aryeh Elhanani.
63.5X94.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Tears at margins and folding marks (some open tears). Trimmed margins.
Invitation to Purim festivities of the "Ohel Theater" held in 1935 in the "Levant Fair" compound. Linoleum print in red and green. The illustration depicts Queen Esther riding on the Flying Camel (symbol of the "Levant Fair").
"Ohel" theater organized Purim balls since 1929 and during the 1930s. For the event in 1935 the large hall of the "Totzeret HaAretz" pavilion in the "Levant Fair" was decorated by the best painters of the period, among them Avigdor Stematsky and Aryeh Elhanani.
63.5X94.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Tears at margins and folding marks (some open tears). Trimmed margins.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $2,750
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Advertising poster for the closing day of the "Levant Fair", "Strod" press, Tel-Aviv, [1936]. Design: Oskar Lachs (signed in the plate).
The title "Levant Fair" appears on the lower part of the poster in Hebrew, English and Arabic. On upper left corner - "Flying Camel" symbol.
70X100 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Foxing and tears at margins. Tear to horizontal folding mark, repaired with fabric-like adhesive tape on the reverse. Ink stamp.
The title "Levant Fair" appears on the lower part of the poster in Hebrew, English and Arabic. On upper left corner - "Flying Camel" symbol.
70X100 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Foxing and tears at margins. Tear to horizontal folding mark, repaired with fabric-like adhesive tape on the reverse. Ink stamp.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $5,000
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Six advertising posters for events held as part of the 1936 Levant Fair. Tel Aviv, 1936.
The 1936 Levant Fair was overshadowed by the Arab Revolt, which began two weeks prior to the fair's opening and shut down Jaffa Port. The fair was therefore relatively low-key, with many planned events canceled, and many performers canceling their participation. The fair caused its organizers financial losses, and was the last to take place at the Yarkon peninsula site (the Yarkon estuary); the following fairs, which took place only after the establishment of the state, were held at the Tel Aviv Convention Center (Ganei HaTa'arucha).
1. "Holiday Presentation of the 'Ohel' Theater - Jeremiah". Design: Oscar Lachs. The play, written by Stefan Zweig, was translated by Avigdor HaMeiri and staged at the Levant Fair amphitheater on the last day of the Shavuot festival, 27 May 1936.
2. "HaMem-Gimel or Brit Achim, Spectacle for Local Produce", by Emanuel Harussi, melodies by Vardina Shlonsky, conductor: Marc Lavry, scenic design: Emanuel Luftglas (Emanueli).
3. "The Day of the Hebrew Woman, for Local Produce", 20 May 1936. The event was organized by the Center for Local Produce, WIZO and the Women Workers' Committee of the Workers' Union and was attended by Henrietta Szold, Hadassah Samuel, Gertrud Kraus, Bracha Tsfira and other famous women.
4. Animal procession as part of "Animal Day" at the agricultural exhibition presented at the Levant Fair stadium (with the participation of the Cattle Growers' Organization of Switzerland and Romania), May 1936.
5. "Gifts for the Purchasers of Subscription Cards at the First Distribution" - advertisement for subscriptions to the Levant Fair, early 1936.
6. "Levant Fair News" - informative poster, March 1936.
Average size: 63X95 cm. Condition varies. All six posters are mounted on linen. Some of the posters have tears, some of them open and repaired. Stains and creases.
The 1936 Levant Fair was overshadowed by the Arab Revolt, which began two weeks prior to the fair's opening and shut down Jaffa Port. The fair was therefore relatively low-key, with many planned events canceled, and many performers canceling their participation. The fair caused its organizers financial losses, and was the last to take place at the Yarkon peninsula site (the Yarkon estuary); the following fairs, which took place only after the establishment of the state, were held at the Tel Aviv Convention Center (Ganei HaTa'arucha).
1. "Holiday Presentation of the 'Ohel' Theater - Jeremiah". Design: Oscar Lachs. The play, written by Stefan Zweig, was translated by Avigdor HaMeiri and staged at the Levant Fair amphitheater on the last day of the Shavuot festival, 27 May 1936.
2. "HaMem-Gimel or Brit Achim, Spectacle for Local Produce", by Emanuel Harussi, melodies by Vardina Shlonsky, conductor: Marc Lavry, scenic design: Emanuel Luftglas (Emanueli).
3. "The Day of the Hebrew Woman, for Local Produce", 20 May 1936. The event was organized by the Center for Local Produce, WIZO and the Women Workers' Committee of the Workers' Union and was attended by Henrietta Szold, Hadassah Samuel, Gertrud Kraus, Bracha Tsfira and other famous women.
4. Animal procession as part of "Animal Day" at the agricultural exhibition presented at the Levant Fair stadium (with the participation of the Cattle Growers' Organization of Switzerland and Romania), May 1936.
5. "Gifts for the Purchasers of Subscription Cards at the First Distribution" - advertisement for subscriptions to the Levant Fair, early 1936.
6. "Levant Fair News" - informative poster, March 1936.
Average size: 63X95 cm. Condition varies. All six posters are mounted on linen. Some of the posters have tears, some of them open and repaired. Stains and creases.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $5,000
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Thirty advertising posters of the "Matateh" Theater, advertising its programs (plays). Tel Aviv, 1928-1938. Design: Pesach Irsai, E. (Eliezer) Donath, E. Emanueli (Emanuel Luftglas).
Advertising posters for programs 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 13 (two slightly different versions), 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28 (two slightly different versions), 30 (two slightly different versions), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 43, 47 + poster for the operetta "The Land of Smiles" by Franz Lehar (1933, on behalf of "The Matateh Stage for Operettas and Musical Comedies") and a poster for the Purim celebrations of the Matateh Theater (1934).
The Matateh Theater was founded in April 1928 as a platform for political satire, addressing current events in the Jewish-Zionist community in a humoristic and critical manner. The theater's founder and first manager was Yitzhak Moshe Daniel, who had experience managing theaters in Bucharest and Sofia. The Matateh was founded as a cooperative venture whose income was divided equally among its members. The first core of actors included members who had resigned from the Kumkum Theater, founded in 1927 and quickly closed.
Matateh reacted to political events in local life, presenting satirical sketches on subjects such as aliyah, Jewish labor, the Hebrew language, local produce and more. Materials for its plays were written by authors and poets such as Emanuel Harussi, Alexander Penn, Nathan Alterman and Avraham Shlonsky (who wittily defined the Matateh as "The bit of tea [in Hebrew: M'at ha'teh] left over from the Kumkum ['The Kettle']").
Beginning with its program "Hymn for the Produce of Palestine" from 1933, considered the first musical in Palestine, HaMatateh began to present programs made up of skits concentrated around one subject. Many songs and refrains sung in its plays became famous in the Zionist community (yishuv). During the 1936-1939 Riots and later - during the White Paper period and the pre-state years - HaMatateh devoted its sketches to harsh criticism of the British Mandate authorities and their attitude towards the yishuv. In the early years of Israeli statehood the audience was not inclined to appreciate political satires of the state and its institutions, leading to HaMatateh's decline, until its closure in 1954.
The logo of HaMatateh Theater, appearing in most of the posters, was designed by graphic designer and typographer Pesach István Irsai (1896-1968), a prominent modernist graphic artist in Europe in the interwar period and one of the leading graphic artists in Palestine.
Some of the posters were designed by Eliezer-Lajos (Loico) Donath (1902-1969) - an architect, painter, scenic designer and actor and one of the founders of HaKumkum Theater (along with Irsai and Avigdor HaMeiri). Others were designed by Emanuel Luftglas (1896-1958) - a painter, painting teacher and one of the first professional scenic designers in Palestine. Luftglas studied at the Academy of Art in Leipzig and had even worked as a scenic designer on plays for the Hamburg Municipal Theater and the Hamburg Opera from 1915 until his immigration to Palestine in 1926 (serving as HaMatateh's scenic designer throughout the theater's existence).
Average size: 95X62 cm (the advertising poster for program 2 is smaller). Good overall condition. Most of the posters show folding marks, creases, some stains and an ink stamp. Coarse tears to a small number of posters.
Advertising posters for programs 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 13 (two slightly different versions), 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28 (two slightly different versions), 30 (two slightly different versions), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 43, 47 + poster for the operetta "The Land of Smiles" by Franz Lehar (1933, on behalf of "The Matateh Stage for Operettas and Musical Comedies") and a poster for the Purim celebrations of the Matateh Theater (1934).
The Matateh Theater was founded in April 1928 as a platform for political satire, addressing current events in the Jewish-Zionist community in a humoristic and critical manner. The theater's founder and first manager was Yitzhak Moshe Daniel, who had experience managing theaters in Bucharest and Sofia. The Matateh was founded as a cooperative venture whose income was divided equally among its members. The first core of actors included members who had resigned from the Kumkum Theater, founded in 1927 and quickly closed.
Matateh reacted to political events in local life, presenting satirical sketches on subjects such as aliyah, Jewish labor, the Hebrew language, local produce and more. Materials for its plays were written by authors and poets such as Emanuel Harussi, Alexander Penn, Nathan Alterman and Avraham Shlonsky (who wittily defined the Matateh as "The bit of tea [in Hebrew: M'at ha'teh] left over from the Kumkum ['The Kettle']").
Beginning with its program "Hymn for the Produce of Palestine" from 1933, considered the first musical in Palestine, HaMatateh began to present programs made up of skits concentrated around one subject. Many songs and refrains sung in its plays became famous in the Zionist community (yishuv). During the 1936-1939 Riots and later - during the White Paper period and the pre-state years - HaMatateh devoted its sketches to harsh criticism of the British Mandate authorities and their attitude towards the yishuv. In the early years of Israeli statehood the audience was not inclined to appreciate political satires of the state and its institutions, leading to HaMatateh's decline, until its closure in 1954.
The logo of HaMatateh Theater, appearing in most of the posters, was designed by graphic designer and typographer Pesach István Irsai (1896-1968), a prominent modernist graphic artist in Europe in the interwar period and one of the leading graphic artists in Palestine.
Some of the posters were designed by Eliezer-Lajos (Loico) Donath (1902-1969) - an architect, painter, scenic designer and actor and one of the founders of HaKumkum Theater (along with Irsai and Avigdor HaMeiri). Others were designed by Emanuel Luftglas (1896-1958) - a painter, painting teacher and one of the first professional scenic designers in Palestine. Luftglas studied at the Academy of Art in Leipzig and had even worked as a scenic designer on plays for the Hamburg Municipal Theater and the Hamburg Opera from 1915 until his immigration to Palestine in 1926 (serving as HaMatateh's scenic designer throughout the theater's existence).
Average size: 95X62 cm (the advertising poster for program 2 is smaller). Good overall condition. Most of the posters show folding marks, creases, some stains and an ink stamp. Coarse tears to a small number of posters.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,000
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"Layl Yare'ach BeTalpiot" [Hebrew: Moonlit Night in Talpiot], illustrated poster - invitation to a "grand ball" in Jerusalem. "Eretz Israel" press, Jerusalem [probably, 1932]. Design: Meir Gur Arieh (signed in the plate, in monogram).
Colorful illustration of a ball in a moonlit night. Printed on the right side are the event's details: "In Ir Ganim grove in Talpiot, and in the kindergarten halls, a grand ball… folk dancing in the grove around an electric bonfire… special buses will serve guests from Tel-Aviv and the colonies, some of the revenues will be dedicated to the opening of a kindergarten in the Old City of Jerusalem which was closed due to lack of funds".
49.5X70 cm. Overall good condition. Folding marks, numerous creases and stains. Several tears at margins and folding marks (some are small open tears).
Colorful illustration of a ball in a moonlit night. Printed on the right side are the event's details: "In Ir Ganim grove in Talpiot, and in the kindergarten halls, a grand ball… folk dancing in the grove around an electric bonfire… special buses will serve guests from Tel-Aviv and the colonies, some of the revenues will be dedicated to the opening of a kindergarten in the Old City of Jerusalem which was closed due to lack of funds".
49.5X70 cm. Overall good condition. Folding marks, numerous creases and stains. Several tears at margins and folding marks (some are small open tears).
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $3,500
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"Tochal Lasova 'Lechem Sova'"/ "'Sova Bread' Your Daily Bread", a large advertising poster for "Sova Bread". Lithographic printing "Monsohn" / "Jacobson advertising", Jerusalem, [1936]. Design: Franz Kraus (signed in the plate).
Illustration in color of a child sitting at a table with "Sova Bread" on the table.
124.5X92.5 cm (two attached sheets). Good condition. Linen backed for display and preservation.
Literature: "Franz Kraus: Posters" (exhibition catalogue in Tel Aviv Museum. Curator: David Tartakover. Tel-Aviv, 1981), pp. 18-19.
Illustration in color of a child sitting at a table with "Sova Bread" on the table.
124.5X92.5 cm (two attached sheets). Good condition. Linen backed for display and preservation.
Literature: "Franz Kraus: Posters" (exhibition catalogue in Tel Aviv Museum. Curator: David Tartakover. Tel-Aviv, 1981), pp. 18-19.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,500
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"Mekomcha Kan, Hitgayes" [Hebrew: You Belong Here, Enlist], a poster on behalf of the General Enlistment Office, Linol: Zvi Bergman. "HaPo'el HaTza'ir" cooperative press, "Zura" advertising, Tel-Aviv, [ca. 1939]. Design: Richard Blass.
A poster calling to enlist to the British Army. The poster portrays a soldier with a rifle pointing at a row of soldiers and beside him the caption: "You Belong Here / Enlist".
63X95 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Some tears at margins and by the folding lines, slightly affecting the illustration.
A poster calling to enlist to the British Army. The poster portrays a soldier with a rifle pointing at a row of soldiers and beside him the caption: "You Belong Here / Enlist".
63X95 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Some tears at margins and by the folding lines, slightly affecting the illustration.
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October 31, 2017
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"5 Tafkidim Shel HaKeren HaKayemet LeIsrael" [Hebrew: 5 Roles of the JNF], illustrated poster. "Ahdut" press [Tel-Aviv, late 1930s?]. Design: Otte Wallisch (signed in the plate: "MW" [Atelier Machner-Wallisch], "Wallisch").
Poster on behalf of JNF. Five of the JNF roles are listed on the left - redemption of the land, drying swamps, water supply, forestation, and preparing land for settlement - with information indicating how successful JNF was in fulfilling its roles. On the right appear five illustrations demonstrating the above roles.
63X96.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears and open tears, professionally repaired (open tear at lower right corner affecting the printer information). The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Poster on behalf of JNF. Five of the JNF roles are listed on the left - redemption of the land, drying swamps, water supply, forestation, and preparing land for settlement - with information indicating how successful JNF was in fulfilling its roles. On the right appear five illustrations demonstrating the above roles.
63X96.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears and open tears, professionally repaired (open tear at lower right corner affecting the printer information). The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $3,250
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"Maccabi! Ten Yad LeBinyan 'Kfar HaMaccabi' al Admat Hakeren Hakayemet LeIsrael!" [Hebrew: Maccabi - Help Build 'Kfar HaMaccabi' on JNF Land]. Illustrated poster. "Beit Haroshet 'Manir' Sendler and Berson, Bnei Brak" press / "'Aharon' Advertisement Tel-Aviv", [ca. 1935]. Design: Franz Kraus (signed in the plate).
In the foreground appears the image of a man wearing a white undershirt with the "Maccabi" emblem, lifting a house.
The poster calls for donations to buy land for the establishment of Kibbutz Kfar HaMaccabi. The initiative to establish the kibbutz came from several "Maccabi HaTza'ir" members from Germany and Czechoslovakia (supported and assisted by Menachem Ussishkin who, during the first Maccabia, in 1932, raised the idea of Maccabia participants building a settlement in Palestine). The JNF entrusted "Maccabi" World Union with raising the funds to purchase land for the kibbutz. The kibbutz was established in 1936 in Zevulun valley, near Kiryat Ata.
50.5X70 cm. Overall good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some stains. Tears at margins (some are small open tears). Several open tears at folding marks and around them, slightly affecting the illustration. Two pieces of adhesive tape on the reverse, at lower margins. Slight peelings on the reverse, at the corners.
In the foreground appears the image of a man wearing a white undershirt with the "Maccabi" emblem, lifting a house.
The poster calls for donations to buy land for the establishment of Kibbutz Kfar HaMaccabi. The initiative to establish the kibbutz came from several "Maccabi HaTza'ir" members from Germany and Czechoslovakia (supported and assisted by Menachem Ussishkin who, during the first Maccabia, in 1932, raised the idea of Maccabia participants building a settlement in Palestine). The JNF entrusted "Maccabi" World Union with raising the funds to purchase land for the kibbutz. The kibbutz was established in 1936 in Zevulun valley, near Kiryat Ata.
50.5X70 cm. Overall good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some stains. Tears at margins (some are small open tears). Several open tears at folding marks and around them, slightly affecting the illustration. Two pieces of adhesive tape on the reverse, at lower margins. Slight peelings on the reverse, at the corners.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,500
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"Kofer HeYeshuv, Magen LaK'far veLaS'far" [Hebrew: Kofer Ha'Yeshuv - Protecting the Village and the Border], Illustrated poster. "A. Levine-Epstein Ltd. press / "Dr. Jacobson Advertising", [Tel-Aviv, late 1930s or early 1940s]. Design: Franz Kraus (signed in the plate).
Illustration in color of "Kofer HaYeshuv" emblem, a watchtower, water tower and other buildings.
66.5X93.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Open tears (some large, affecting the illustration and the printer information on the lower part of the poster); professionally repaired. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Illustration in color of "Kofer HaYeshuv" emblem, a watchtower, water tower and other buildings.
66.5X93.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Open tears (some large, affecting the illustration and the printer information on the lower part of the poster); professionally repaired. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
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