Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Small Poster – Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel – Tel-Aviv, 1948 – After Arthur Szyk

Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel / Israel, Provisional Government, Official Gazette. Tel Aviv, May 14, 1948. Illustrated poster. No location or date of printing. English.
The text of the Independence Scroll is printed in the center of the poster, surrounded by a frame integrating Zionist and Jewish symbols. The poster was designed after a Hebrew poster illustrated by the artist Arthur Szyk (See: "Kedem" catalogue no. 15, item no. 374, and the link: https://www.kedem-auctions.com/he/node/4802).
Approx. 32X42 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases, tears and open tears at margins (mostly slight). Long tear reinforced with adhesive tape at left margins. A number of pinholes at the center. Slight defects.
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel