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A collection of about 320 original caricatures (ink on paper), by the illustrators and caricaturists Adar Darian, Ya'akov Shilo and "Ze'ev" (Ya'akov Farkash). Israel, ca. 1965-1973.
A rich collection of caricatures depicting in a sophisticated and critical manner a variety of subjects – current, political and social – which preoccupied the Israeli daily newspapers and Israeli citizens during the 1960s-70s, created by some of the leading Israeli caricaturists.
The collection includes caricatures that were published in the newspapers "Davar" and "Haaretz" and deal, among other things, with the War of Attrition, The French embargo on Israel, elections to the sixth Knesset, the 1960s economic recession, the relationships between Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol, irregularities concerning the health system and "Kol Israel", the relationships between Golda Meir and President Nixon, the Six Day War, Israel-Germany relations, peace talks in the Middle East (Rogers Plan), as well as international issues such as the Vietnam War, the Chinese-Soviet Split, Military coup d'état in Iraq, and more.
The collection includes:
· About 237 caricatures (228 are signed) by Adar Darian (1931-2015), Israeli caricaturist, graphic designer and illustrator, born in Romania, winner of the "Golden Pencil" award for 2012.
· About 59 caricatures (signed) by Ya'akov Shilo (born in Gedera, 1937), caricaturist and illustrator, winner of the "Golden Pencil" award for 2009.
· About 24 caricatures (Signed) by "Ze'ev" – Ya'akov Farkash (1923-2002), caricaturist and illustrator, winner of the Sokolow Journalism Award (1981) and Israel Prize for Communications and Journalism (1993).
· A number of unidentified caricatures (one by Gershon Apfel).
On the margins of the caricatures appear instructions for the printer (in pen and pencil) as well as ink-stamps of the newspapers in which they were published.
Total of about 320 caricatures. Size varies, approx. 14.5 X 21.5 cm to approx. 25 X 35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains to some (among them ink stains from preparations for print), folding marks and creases. Pasted pieces of paper (original). Pen and pencil inscriptions.