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Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland

Mordecai Ardon

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Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland

Mordecai Ardon

1896 - 1992


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signed Bronstein (lower right)

oil on paper mounted on canvas

48.1 by 58.2 cm. 19 by 22¾ in.

Framed: 54.2 by 64.4 cm. 21⅜ by 25⅜ in.

Executed in 1926.

Anny Wottitz, Palestine (acquired from the artist)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Michele Vishny, Mordecai Ardon, New York, 1974, no. 7, p. 222, illustrated (titled Lemons and catalogued as oil on canvas)

Dalia Ardon, Association for the Perpetuation of the Artistic Legacy of Mordecai Ardon, Jerusalem, 2019, no. 33, p. 50, illustrated in colour (catalogued as oil on canvas)

Berlin, Im Haus der Juryfreien, Kollektive Ausstellungun, Juryfreie, Max Bronstein, 1930, no. 4

Tel Aviv, The Tev Aviv Museum, Ardon: A Retrospective, 1985, no. 3, listed (catalogued as oil on canvas)