We Are Your Builders!

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Hebrew translation: We are your builders! And only we shall serve you faithfully
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Dan Walsh 

Jan 31 (2 days ago)

 

to Yoram

 

http://farkash-gallery.com/item.php?lot=1010402528

 

 

יורם שמיר‎

Feb 1 (1 day ago)

 

to me

 

Thank you. I have never seen this poster. It is unsigned. I need to see a printed copy at Ramat Gan Museum.

From: Dan Walsh [mailto:ppparchives@gmail.com] 

Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 12:15 AM
To: Yoram E. Shamir
Subject: fyi

http://farkash-gallery.com/item.php?lot=1010402528

 

יורם שמיר‎

10:07 AM (16 hours ago)

 

to me

still checking.

 

Dan Walsh 

3:47 PM (10 hours ago)

 

to יורם

 

it looks like Otte Wallisch's work to me

 

 

יורם שמיר‎

3:54 PM (10 hours ago)

 

to me

 

I'll ask his son.

 

From: Dan Walsh [mailto:ppparchives@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 10:48 PM
To: יורם שמיר
Subject: Re: fyi

יורם שמיר‎

2:19 AM (23 minutes ago)

 

to me

 

Dan, Good guess. It's Wallish! Although it is unsigned, his son informed me that he has the poster in his collection.

I wrote Aaron Farkash and asked him to give credit to Wallish instead of Shamir.

Thank you, Yoram

 

Dan Walsh 

2:24 AM (18 minutes ago)

 

to יורם

 

Mystery solved!

 

Can you tell me about the Hebrew letter in the poster? Was it an election poster? Who was the party?

 

Thanks.

 

יורם שמיר‎

2:40 AM (1 minute ago)

 

to me

Yes, It's an election poster- to the municipality of Ramat Gan. The  major trade union Histadurt (Labor Federation) ran as a party in the local elections in several towns in 1950. Hey is the first letter of Histadrut in Hebrew. Hey reperesented it on the ballot.

Yoram

From: Dan Walsh [mailto:ppparchives@gmail.com] 

Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 9:24 AM
To: יורם שמיר
Subject: Re: FW: fyi

LOT Number: 1010402528

We are your builders! Israel's Histadrut movement political poster, 1949 

Artists: Shamir Brothers

Technique: Lino Print

Year: 1949

Condition: Good

Size: 70x50 cm ~ 28x20 inch

Quantity: 1

Price: $2,500

 

http://farkash-gallery.com/item.php?lot=1010402528

 

This is an original political poster from 1949 issued by the Israeli Histadrut movement. On top it says "We are your builders and only we shall serve you faithfully" (reffering to the Israeli city Ramat-Gan).
Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of Tel Aviv. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, many high-tech industries, and Israel's tallest building, the Moshe Aviv Tower.Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshava, a communal farming settlement. At the end of 2009, the population was 145,000.