Photographs From the Collection of the Israel Museum Jerusalem (Poster with multiple signatures)

Poster for an exhibition titled “Photographs from the Collection of the Israel Museum Jerusalem” held at the Witkin Gallery in New York City from November 28-December 8,1979. Main image is a 1926 Andre Kertesz photo of Chez Mondrian. The poster was signed [likely] at a benefit soiree at the apartment of Arnold and Augusta Newman (“Chez Newman”) by the following: photographer Arnold Newman and his wife Augusta; the journalist and historian J. Robert Moskin; writer and curator Martin Weyl; Will Sandberg, Dutch surrealist artist, typographer, graphic designer, curator, and director of the Stedjelijk Museum, Amsterdam; American artist George Segal and his wife Helen; Israeli sculptor Yehiel Shemi; and art dealer and philanthropist Elaine Weitzen and her husband Hyman. Most signers had a direct connection to the Israel Museum: Arnold Newman and J. Robert Moskin covered the opening of the Museum in 1965 for LOOK Magazine; Martin Weyl was a Museum curator from 1969-1981; Will Sandberg designed the Israel Museum logo and served as first chairman of the Executive Committee; George Segal and Yehiel Shemi had solo shows at the Museum; and Elaine Weitzen was a Museum patron. 20” x 26”. Light bumping and rubbing.