Mordecai Ardon 1896-1992

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ardon Retrospective, 1985, no. 37, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Mordechai Ardon (1892-1992) In Memoriam, 1995, no. 3, illustrated in color in the exhibition catalogue
Jerusalem, Yad Vashem Museum, Etched Voices: The Holocaust in the Art of Contemporary Artists, May-December 2005, p. 19, illustrated in color in the exhibition catalogue

Michele Vishny, Mordechai Ardon, New York, p. 226, no. 102, illustrated

Original canvas. There are a few areas of craquelure scattered mainly on the bottom left corner, on the top left corner and on the figure's left shoulder. The canvas is slightly wavy. This work is in very good condition. This work has not yet been examined under UV light.
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While continuing to explore the abstract style displayed in the 1940s, Ardon's works from the 1950s exhibit a new iconography apparent in the present work Girl No. 109336, which alludes to the Holocaust. "After his return to Israel, Ardon began experimenting in all these directions, and the results are evident in his paintings of 1950-51. First of all, he faced up to the Holocaust more directly than ever before in Girl No. 109336- not a portrait, but a representative of all the Holocaust survivors he had met. Forever branded by her experience, her face in deep green shadow, she merges with the shadow of her past." (Ziva Amishai-Maisels quoted in "Where Past Meets Present: The Art of Ardon", Ardon Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, 1995, p.).