The Big Lottery (Amk'ho / 200 000) - Stage Design II (Curtain Kasrilevke)
1964, in Israel
Ink and gouache on paper
16 3⁄4 × 24 inches(42 1⁄2 × 60 1⁄2 cm)
Dated lower left: curtain for "200.000" by Sholom Aleychem. Berlin 64
["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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