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Sale 2104 Lot 4
ANONYMOUS [FIGHTERS BEING PUT IN PRISON ARE NOT BEING BROKEN DOWN.] Circa 1948.
24 3/8x17 7/8 inches. Rogled, Jerusalem.
Condition B+: restored loss in right margin.
A woodblock rendering of a prison, the walls of Jerusalem and a right hand, adjoined by the quote "If I forget Jerusalem, I forget my right hand"; lettering in black and red.
Estimate $800-1,200election? Herut? Hagana? year? artist? Is this a famous poster?
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Dan Walsh
http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/if-i-forget-jerusalem
12:16 AM (2 hours ago)
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Yoram E. Shamir to me
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Yes, it is an election poster, published by The Fighters Party. This party was based on the underground organization LEHI, acronym for –Israel Freedom Fighters.(The British called them the Stern Gang).
The party ran to parliament in 1949 and had a limited success: one seat in parliament. It disappeared after 1951.
Title: THE FIGHTERS [ the red letters constitute the acronym LEHI]
Subtitle: Prisons don't break fighters, they break the freedom.
[The subtitle refers to the imprisonment by the Israeli authorities of LEHI leaders following the murder of Count Bernadot]
Year: 1949
Publisher: The Fighters Party