"The State of Israel has Achieved its First Million Jewish Citizens". Poster on behalf of the European office of the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Printed by Imprimerie Moderne de la Presse, Paris, 1949. Design: Ruth Schloss. Hebrew and English.
Poster designed by the artist Ruth Schloss, who at the time was a student at the Paris Academie des Beaux-Arts. In the middle of the poster, over a map of Palestine, is a quote from Ezekiel. At the bottom is the inscription: "The State of Israel has achieved its first million Jewish
citizens. The multitudes of dispersed Jews flow to Israel from all corners of the world. The vision of The Gathering of Exiles is being accomplished under our very eyes. Every Jew shall take part in the renaissance of his ancient homeland. Let him come and join the builders of his country".
56X43 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Small tears to margins. One word of the text at the bottom of the poster was reprinted on a separate piece of paper and pasted on to the poster. Inscription in pen and stamp on reverse.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.