Hebrew Purim Tapestries
Description: “Purim Celebrations in Tel-Aviv, 1929, 14-15 of Adar Bet, 26-27.3.29” (Hebrew.) “Hagigot Purim beTel Aviv.” Poster promoting Tel Aviv’s Purim parade (Adloyada) March 26-27, 1929. A. L. Monsohn Lithographic Press, Jerusalem. Designed by Arie (Aryeh) Natan. Public domain. Arie Natan was a graphic designer in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The poster is an advertisement featuring international and local influences - Russian avant-garde aesthetics and Jewish themes. The image depicts stylized figures in Purim costumes with a radiant sun and palm trees in the background. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “Adloyada, 1933, Tel Aviv” (Hebrew.) Advertising poster for Adloyada (“until one doesn’t know”) Purim parade in Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1933. Strod Publishing, Tel Aviv. Original concept by Avraham Aldema. Public domain. Avraham Aldema (1884-1963) was born in Berdichev, Russian Empire. He made Aliyah in 1906, working as a graphic designer and art teacher at Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv. The poster features clean, stylized modernist graphics, simplified forms, and a limited high-contrast color palette. It combines Jewish elements with the symbols of Carnival. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
