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"Hitnadvut HaAm LeGeulat HaAretz" - JNF Poster - Design by Aryeh Elhanani, 1940
"Hitnadvut HaAm LeGeulat HaAretz" [Popular Volunteering for the Land's Salvation]. Poster on behalf of the Jewish National Fund. Printed by Lith. A. Kofman, Tel Aviv, [1940]. Design: Aryeh Elhanani.
Illustration of a farmer plowing his soil in stormy weather. Above him is a quote from a poem by Chaim Nachman Bialik: "Listen! The storm, too, calls on us: Dare!" [Hebrew].
Aryeh Elhanani (1898-1985) was an Israeli architect, artist and graphic designer, winner of the 1973 Israel Prize for Architecture for his “contribution to shaping Israeli culture.” Amongst his designs are those of the Yerid HaMizrach [Levant Fair] complex at the Tel Aviv Port (including the fair’s Flying Camel emblem) and the emblems of the IDF and the Palmach.
Approx. 94.5X65 cm. Mounted on cardboard. Good condition. Stains and creases. Open tears, restored (with minor damage to the illustration), mostly to the right margin.
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Sale 2104 Lot 26 A. ALCHNI [LISTEN! THE STORM IS CALLING US! KEREN KAYEMET.] 37 1/4x25 1/2 inches. A. Kauffman, Tel Aviv. Condition B+: tears and creases in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. A black and white image in which the words of the Ukranian Jewish poet, Chaim Nahman Bialik, in a call for volunteers, appear to be blowing in the face of a man cultivating the land in a storm. Estimate $700-1,000
About This Item Obtaining Copies Access to Original Title: [Listen! The storm also calls to us: Be daring!] [The nation's volunteer efforts for the redemption of the land - Jewish National Fund] / / [A. Alhanani ; A. Kaufman]. Date Created/Published: [1939 or 1940]. Medium: 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 96 x 65 cm. Summary: Poster showing a man plowing in the wind, with a quote from Hayyim Nahman Bialik in Hebrew text. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6799 (color film copy transparency) Call Number: POS - Israel .K20, no. 1 (C size) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Subjects: Bialik, Hayyim Nahman,--1873-1934--Quotations. Jewish National Fund--Public relations. Plowing--Palestine--1930-1940. Storms--Palestine--1930-1940. Zionism--1930-1940. Format: Lithographs--1930-1940. Posters--Israeli--1930-1940. Collections: Posters: Artist Posters Bookmark This Record: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00650742/ View the MARC Record for this item. Rights assessment is your responsibility.