48 80 (SOVIET UNION). “Znishchim Staroye My Znachna Hutzei” [“We Will Destroy the Old Quickly”]. Designed by Mikhail Oskarovich Dlugach. Photomontage depicts a deserted shtetl at the center right with a family loading a horse and wagon to begin a new life of agricultural labor on the new Jewish farm collective. 28 x 42 inches (71.1 x 106.7 cm). Linen-backed. Moscow, 1929. $5000-7000 ❧ Promotional poster for the second OZET lottery. The muscular arms of OZET firmly grasp a hammer etched with the word ‘lottery,’ poised to smash open the repressive shtetls, thus enabling Jews to seek out new lives settling on the agricultural lands of the Jewish Autonomous Region. At its height, OZET membership reached 300,000 members. In addition to membership dues, OZET relied on support from donations raised overseas, as well as funds raised through lotteries - held five times between 1928 and 1933. 81 (SOVIET UNION). Tzum Alrusslandishen Yiddishen Tzuzamenfahr [“For All-Russian Jewish Co-operation - Vote for the Zionist List No. 6.”] Yiddish text. Featuring a romantic vista of a Zionist Promised Land. 18.5 x 25 inches (47x 63.5 cm). Linen-backed. (Petrograd, 1917). $6000-9000 ❧ During the period of the Alexander Kerensky-led Socialist coalition following the February 1917 Revolution, a free election for Jews to organize their own Congress was organized. However due to the Bolshevik change in government that October, although the election was indeed held, the Congress was never convened. Raised Jewish hopes were dashed against a new Soviet reality. OZET, the Society for Settling Working Jews on the Land, was the official government organization responsible for the enlisting of Jews to agricultural settlements. They originally put their efforts into bringing Jews to the Black Sea area, but by 1928 shifted their attention to focus almost solely on the Birobidzhan project located in the Russian Far East. 82 (SOVIET UNION). “Evrei Na Zemle” [“Jews on the Land.”] Text in Russian. 24 x 37 inches (65 x 94 cm). Linen-backed. 1927. $4000-6000 ❧ OZET documentary directed by the great Soviet film-maker Avrom Room (1894-1976). Focuses on the resettling of Jews from the squalid conditions of the shtetls to a self-governing, agricultural way of life. The film was made with the participation of such notable avant-garde figures as Viktor Shklovsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lilia Brik, who were all committed to the project of Jewish emancipation. Lot 80