The Big Lottery (Amk'ho / 200 000) - Costume Design II (Schimele)
1963, in Israel
Gouache on paper
13 3⁄4 × 10 inches(35 × 25 cm)
Signed lower right: BAK, upper left: Schimele
["The Big Lottery", original Yiddish title "Dos groyse gevins", written by Sholem Aleichem in 1915/1916, performed at the Ohel Theatre in Tel Aviv and Freie Volksbühne Berlin in 1964-1965.
In Tel Aviv titled in Hebrew "Amk'ho" (meaning "the common people", also an expression used as a secret code for Jewish refugees). In Berlin titled "200 000".]
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