“Vote for the Jewish People’s Party. Vote for Ballot-line 4 for Jewish Co-operation.”

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 1
(SOVIET UNION).

“Vote for the Jewish People’s Party. Vote for Ballot-line 4 for Jewish Co-operation.”

Text in Yiddish. Designed by Solomon Yudovin. Framed. 26 x 19 inches.

(1917):

Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $11,000
The Yiddishe Folks-Partei (Jewish People’s Party) was founded by the historian Simon Dubnow following the 1905 pogroms. During the period of the Alexander Kerensky-led Socialist coalition - prior to the Bolshevik seizure of power in November 1917, there was a free election in which Jews were able to vote for their own parties. Solomon Yudovin, unlike most other Russian-Jewish artists of that period such as Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, did not embrace modernism but remained a figurative, realistic artist throughout his life. He likely created this poster while he lived in Vitebsk, a predominantly Jewish city that was an important center for the Russian avant-garde (viz. Justify Your Existence Catalogue).