Artist: Paul Kor
Condition: A/A- *
Dimensions: 26.8 x 38.3 in. / 68 x 97.3 cm.
Circa: 1959
Linen Backed
* See Condition Grading section for further details
This fun and colorful Israel travel poster is in near mint condition with just some tiny edge tears and vertical creasing below the word "EILAT;" it should display beautifully once framed.
A single tropical fish rises from a swirl of Red Sea blue against the jagged violet peaks of the Negev and a blazing orange sky. Kor's design has the confidence of someone who understood that a travel poster is not a map but a mood.
Eilat had been established as an Israeli city less than a decade earlier. This is early tourism infrastructure with the country actively constructing its image for an international audience.