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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 203:
Aharon Giladi (1907-1993) – Figures in a Room – Oil on Canvas
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Vendu pour: $800
Prix de départ:
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800
Commission de la maison de ventes: 25%
TVA: 17%
Seulement sur commission
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Aharon Giladi (1907-1993) – Figures in a Room – Oil on Canvas
Aharon Giladi (1907-1993), Figures in a Room.
Oil on canvas. Signed
46X54 cm, in a 69.5X77 cm frame. Minor blemishes to paint.
Aharon Giladi (1907-1993) was born in Gomel. He acquired his artistic training at the Petrograd Art Academy. As an "HaShomer HaTzair" activist he was arrested, serving time in Siberia; in 1929 he was released and immediately immigrated to Palestine. After spending some time preparing in Kvutzat Kinneret, he and his group founded Kibbutz Afikim. He lived almost two decades in the Kibbutz, working regular shifts and dedicating the evenings to his artistic work. In 1947, he finally left the Kibbutz. Giladi was a member of the Ofakim Hadashim (New Horizons) group, and won the Dizengoff prize for painting twice, in 1948 and 1952.
"Giladi is intense and inquisitive; he does not accept life as final, but as an ever-changing process. People and views – sometimes together, at times separately – are the main themes of his work. Both are softly radiant, spiritual… the painter knows how to access subtleties within his own being, and seems to discover them at the same time with his audience. He is one of the first artists to show the unique atmosphere in the Kibbutz dining room and cultural hall, during lunch or dinner…". (Dr. Haim Gamzu: Art Critiques. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2006. pp. 215).
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
