The Big Lottery (Amk'ho / 200 000) - Stage Design XX
1965, in Israel
Gouache on paper
13 5⁄8 × 19 1⁄2 inches(34 1⁄2 × 49 1⁄2 cm)
Signed and titled lower left: Samuel Bak AMK'HO ACT II
["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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