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Property from a Corporate Collection

Mordecai Ardon

Hiroshima–Il fut soir, il fut matin

Session begins in

November 21, 07:00 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Bid

220,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from a Corporate Collection

Mordecai Ardon

1896 - 1992


Hiroshima–Il fut soir, il fut matin


(left) Nocturn

signed Ardon. (lower right); signed Ardon. (on the reverse); titled Nocturne / Hiroshima / Et ce fut soir-et ce fut matin. and dated 1988. (on the stretcher)

oil and egg tempera on canvas

51 ¼ by 45 ¾ in. 130 by 116 cm.


(center) 8h15 du matin

signed Ardon. (lower right); signed Ardon. (on the reverse); signed Ardon., titled Hiroshima / -Huit heures et quart du matin- and dated 1988 (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

51 ¼ by 63 ¾ in. 130 by 159 cm.


(right) L’Ombre–requiem final

signed Ardon. (lower right); signed Ardon (on the reverse); signed Ardon, titled Hiroshima / L’Ombre. Requiem fatal and dated 1988 (on the stretcher)

oil, sand and acrylic binder on canvas

51 ¼ by 45 ¾ in. 130 by 116 cm.


Executed in 1988.

Marlborough International, London

Acquired from the above in 1989 by the present owner

Maui, NaPua Gallery, 1996-2012 (on extended loan)

The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Mordecai Ardon: Time, Space and Metaphysics, 2003, no. 61

Honolulu, Vintage Cave, 2013-19 (on extended loan)

Arturo Schwarz, Mordecai Ardon: The Colors of Time, Tel Aviv, 2003, no. 80, pp. 46-48, 80 and 158-59, illustrated in color

Dalia Ardon Ish-Shalom, Ardon: A Comprehensive Catalogue, Jerusalem, 2019, nos. 442-44, p. 226, illustrated in color