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Lot 544
Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992)
Psalm XXXIX
Closed28 February 2019
Price Realised
GBP 50,000
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Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992)
Psalm XXXIX
signed and dated 'Ardon 1957' and 'Mordecai' in Hebrew (lower left) and dedicated to Rikuda in memory of the late Mordecai Narkiss (in Hebrew, upper centre)
oil on board
28 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (73.4 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Psalm XXXIX
signed and dated 'Ardon 1957' and 'Mordecai' in Hebrew (lower left) and dedicated to Rikuda in memory of the late Mordecai Narkiss (in Hebrew, upper centre)
oil on board
28 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (73.4 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992)
Psalm XXXIX
signed and dated 'Ardon 1957' and 'Mordecai' in Hebrew (lower left) and dedicated to Rikuda in memory of the late Mordecai Narkiss (in Hebrew, upper centre)
oil on board
28 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (73.4 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Psalm XXXIX
signed and dated 'Ardon 1957' and 'Mordecai' in Hebrew (lower left) and dedicated to Rikuda in memory of the late Mordecai Narkiss (in Hebrew, upper centre)
oil on board
28 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (73.4 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Rikuda Potash (neé Narkiss), Jerusalem, and thence by descent.
M. Vishny, Mordecai Ardon, New York, 1974, pl. 91 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, L'Art Israelien Contemporain, April - May 1960, no. 6.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ardon, December 1960 - January 1961, no. 20 (dated '1958'); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Städtische Galerie, January - March 1961; and Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, March - April 1961.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ardon, February - March 1962, no. 10, p. 9 (illustrated; dated '1958').
Haifa, Museum of Modern Art, Mordecai Ardon, Spring - Summer 1963, no. 17 (titled ' Tendril of psalm'); this exhibition later travelled to Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum; Ein Harod, Museum of Art; and Jerusalem, Bezalel National Museum.
Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum, Ardon, A Retrospective, May - October 1985, no. 48 (illustrated).
Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum, Mordecai Ardon, Time, Space and Metaphysics, 2003, no. 39.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ardon, December 1960 - January 1961, no. 20 (dated '1958'); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Städtische Galerie, January - March 1961; and Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, March - April 1961.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ardon, February - March 1962, no. 10, p. 9 (illustrated; dated '1958').
Haifa, Museum of Modern Art, Mordecai Ardon, Spring - Summer 1963, no. 17 (titled ' Tendril of psalm'); this exhibition later travelled to Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum; Ein Harod, Museum of Art; and Jerusalem, Bezalel National Museum.
Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum, Ardon, A Retrospective, May - October 1985, no. 48 (illustrated).
Tel Aviv, The Tel Aviv Museum, Mordecai Ardon, Time, Space and Metaphysics, 2003, no. 39.
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