Signs from the Past, 1970's, silkscreen,29.7x20.8" (75.5x53cm), edition 200, hand-signed in English and numbered in pencil.
Print is in excellent condition and is unframed.
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Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992) was born in 1896 in the small Polish village of Tuchow. After World War First he left for Paris and like many Russian and Polish artists only got as far as Berlin where he enrolled to a preparatory Bauhaus class. He found a small room in the house of the older Paul Klee, who became a friend to young Ardon. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he immigrated to Israel. In leaving Europe he not only lost the stimulating human contacts but also the inspiring museums and exhibitions. In addition, the landscape was different, the sky had a blinding light and the sunsets were overwhelmingly colorful.
Signs from the Past is an abstract work with dominent celestial and mystical motives. Its dominant glowing turquoise color comprises scattered primal calligraphic and unreadable signs. A shimmering golden stain in the lower part of the print seems to be the signs' formation source, while above it is a darker area with round shapes of red, pink, green and blue emerging from it. This enigmatic and powerful work conveys the emergence of the ancient signs, the creation of the word, of the world, of civilization.
* * * An official CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY issued by Bineth Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel) will be provided with this work upon request * * *
Starting bid of this lot is $120
Print is in excellent condition and is unframed.
You are buying this work directly from its publisher, Bineth Gallery
For further information about this artist, please log on to our eBay store or to our gallery (Bineth Gallery) website.
Mordecai Ardon (1896-1992) was born in 1896 in the small Polish village of Tuchow. After World War First he left for Paris and like many Russian and Polish artists only got as far as Berlin where he enrolled to a preparatory Bauhaus class. He found a small room in the house of the older Paul Klee, who became a friend to young Ardon. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he immigrated to Israel. In leaving Europe he not only lost the stimulating human contacts but also the inspiring museums and exhibitions. In addition, the landscape was different, the sky had a blinding light and the sunsets were overwhelmingly colorful.
Signs from the Past is an abstract work with dominent celestial and mystical motives. Its dominant glowing turquoise color comprises scattered primal calligraphic and unreadable signs. A shimmering golden stain in the lower part of the print seems to be the signs' formation source, while above it is a darker area with round shapes of red, pink, green and blue emerging from it. This enigmatic and powerful work conveys the emergence of the ancient signs, the creation of the word, of the world, of civilization.
* * * An official CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY issued by Bineth Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel) will be provided with this work upon request * * *
Starting bid of this lot is $120
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Israeli Jewish and International Fine Art
10:00 AM PT - Apr 17th, 2006
offered by
Bineth Gallery
15 Frishman st.
Tel-Aviv, 63578
Tel-Aviv, 63578
