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Visit Israel - land of the Bible

Poster
1940s (made)
Artist/Maker
E. Lewin Epstein Ltd. (printers)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
Tel Aviv-Yafo (printed)

'Visit Israel - land of the Bible' travel poster featuring a silhouetted green hand holding a stylised pink rose by its stem. The stem resembles a smooth pole with red, white and black horizontal stripes. The hand rises up from the ground, which is, together with the background, a pale brown-beige, suggesting a desert. Directly below the hand is a quote from the Torah and Old Testament, 'and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose (Isaiah 35.1)', and below this in larger letters, 'Visit Israel - Land of the Bible'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Judaism
Religion
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleVisit Israel - land of the Bible (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Visit Israel - land of the Bible' travel poster featuring a green hand holding a rose by its stem, designed by Abram Games, 1952
Physical description
'Visit Israel - land of the Bible' travel poster featuring a silhouetted green hand holding a stylised pink rose by its stem. The stem resembles a smooth pole with red, white and black horizontal stripes. The hand rises up from the ground, which is, together with the background, a pale brown-beige, suggesting a desert. Directly below the hand is a quote from the Torah and Old Testament, 'and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose (Isaiah 35.1)', and below this in larger letters, 'Visit Israel - Land of the Bible'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 49.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AND THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE (ISAIAH 35.1)' (Directly below the image, brown letters)
  • 'VISIT / ISRAEL - LAND OF THE BIBLE' (Below image, positioned centrally, brown letters)
  • 'PRINTED IN ISRAEL BY E. LEWIN EPSTEIN LTD. TEL-AVIV' (Along lower edge, in lower right corner, green letters)
  • 'A. GAMES' (Artist's name, green, upper left corner)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Travel
Nationhood
Religion
Hands
Flowers
Roses
Desert
Other number
LS.2067 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.891-2004

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Record createdJuly 13, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126052/visit-israel---land-poster-games-abram/
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