Apr 24 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2702 -

Sale 2702 - Lot 95

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

DE SOTO (DATES UNKNOWN)

MACCABIAH. 1932.


39x27½ inches, 99x69¾ cm.
Condition A: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; minor creases in margins. Framed.

Advertising the first meeting of the Maccabiah Games. Similar to the Olympics, these first games, held in Tel Aviv, featured thirteen countries and over three hundred athletes. The event was intended to foster physical education, belief in Jewish heritage and a Jewish nation. Today it is a quadrennial event with thousands of participants.

Crouse p. 131.