"Exhibition of our Movement in Cyprus", illustrated poster of "Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza'ir" [Tel-Aviv, 1948]. Design: Hilik Arad (signed in print: "Hilik"). Hebrew. Invitation to an exhibition displaying works by members of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza'ir movement in the Cyprus Detention Camps. Lino print in grey, black and red. Illustration of barbed wire wrapped around a pole on top of which flies a red flag. In the ground - a watchtower. The exhibition of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza'ir members in Cyprus opened in Tel-Aviv in April 1948. Prior to that event, in October 1947, the exhibition took place in the winter camp in Cyprus. When JNF people learned about the exhibition, the organizers were requested to send it to Israel. The exhibition took place concurrently with the opening of the fourth convention of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza’ir Union in Israel, and revenues from entrance fees were transferred to JNF. The assembling of the exhibition in Tel-Aviv was done by Shraga Weil and Kalman Grochevsky who arranged the exhibition in Cyprus and immigrated to Palestine in 1947. 35X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks, many creases. Some stains. Tears, mainly at margins (small tear at center, to folding marks). Some tears restored with adhesive tape. From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
"Exhibition of our Movement in Cyprus", illustrated poster of "Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza'ir" [Tel-Aviv, 1948]. Design: Hilik Arad (signed in print: "Hilik"). Hebrew. Invitation to an exhibition displaying works by members of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza'ir movement in the Cyprus Detention Camps. Lino print in grey, black and red. Illustration of barbed wire wrapped around a pole on top of which flies a red flag. In the ground - a watchtower. The exhibition of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza'ir members in Cyprus opened in Tel-Aviv in April 1948. Prior to that event, in October 1947, the exhibition took place in the winter camp in Cyprus. When JNF people learned about the exhibition, the organizers were requested to send it to Israel. The exhibition took place concurrently with the opening of the fourth convention of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tza’ir Union in Israel, and revenues from entrance fees were transferred to JNF. The assembling of the exhibition in Tel-Aviv was done by Shraga Weil and Kalman Grochevsky who arranged the exhibition in Cyprus and immigrated to Palestine in 1947. 35X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks, many creases. Some stains. Tears, mainly at margins (small tear at center, to folding marks). Some tears restored with adhesive tape. From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
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