Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Visit Palestine – Poster Designed by Franz Kraus
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
"Visit Palestine", a poster promoting tourism and immigration to Palestine, designed by Franz Kraus. [printer not indicated, 1936]. Signed in print.
A fine, color lithograph – view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, during sunset. In front – the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock, and in the background –
Jerusalem houses. A silhouette of a dense tree frames the view of the city.
The poster was designed by Franz Kraus in 1936, during the days of the Fifth Aliyah, commissioned by The Tourist Development Association of Palestine, and is considered his most famous work. In recent years, the poster became popular among Palestinian artists and served as inspiration for various images expressing the National Palestinian struggle.
This is, presumably, not the final version of the poster. It differs in color and size from the poster listed in the catalogue "Franz Kraus: Posters" (exhibition catalogue, Tel-Aviv Museum. Curator: David Tartakover. Tel-Aviv, 1981).
57X89.5 cm. Good condition. Fold line and creases. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes to edges. Small holes to corners, reinforced with tape.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
A fine, color lithograph – view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, during sunset. In front – the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock, and in the background –
Jerusalem houses. A silhouette of a dense tree frames the view of the city.
The poster was designed by Franz Kraus in 1936, during the days of the Fifth Aliyah, commissioned by The Tourist Development Association of Palestine, and is considered his most famous work. In recent years, the poster became popular among Palestinian artists and served as inspiration for various images expressing the National Palestinian struggle.
This is, presumably, not the final version of the poster. It differs in color and size from the poster listed in the catalogue "Franz Kraus: Posters" (exhibition catalogue, Tel-Aviv Museum. Curator: David Tartakover. Tel-Aviv, 1981).
57X89.5 cm. Good condition. Fold line and creases. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes to edges. Small holes to corners, reinforced with tape.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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