Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Poster - International Workers' Day, 1954 – Israeli Communist Party – Arabic

Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
"Long live the 1st of May 1954!" poster on behalf of the Israeli Communist Party. No printer's name [Israel, 1954]. Arabic.
Illustrations of three workers (a woman and two men – a Jew and an Arab), holding tools, with red flags in the background. Below the illustrations an inscription in Arabic: "Long live the working class fighting for bread, liberty and peace". See identical poster, with inscription in Hebrew, "Kedem" catalogue, auction no. 13, item no. 200. Approx. 50.5X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Slight damages. Miniature pierces.
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
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