"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.