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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 7, 2007 | Koller Auktionen | Zurich | IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART | 3305 | $****** - ****** | At the red sea |
paintings
101 x 147 cm (39.76 x 57.87 in)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Ardon 63. Signed, titled and dated on the verso of the stretcher: Ardon "At the red sea" 1963
-Vishny, Michèle: Mordecai Ardon, New York, 1973, Nr. 229 mit Farbabb. Nr. 126.
MORDECAI ARDON
(Tuchów 1896-Jerusalem 1992)
At the red sea. 1963.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: Ardon 63. Signed, titled and dated on the verso of the stretcher: Ardon "At the red sea" 1963.
101x147cm
Ardon Mordechai, actually Max Bronstein, studied the painting techniques of the Old Masters at the Bauhaus in Dessau from 1921-1925 under Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger and Paul Klee, and from 1926 under Max Doerner in Munich, where he was particularly inspired by Rembrandt and El Greco. The influence of the Bauhaus, especially that of Paul Klee, and the engagement with the works of old masters were to be decisive for Mordecai"s entire work. For him, color had an absolute, aesthetic but also spiritual value. For Ardon, the act of painting meant exploring the secret of color. For this reason he mixed his own colors. Based on this attitude towards painting, Ardon formulated his understanding of art in general: a work must be able to speak for itself through the interplay between composition and color. In "At the red sea" the warm red and yellow tones combine to create a bright and dynamic color tone. The painting can be seen as a beautiful example of the independent position of this abstract expressionist, in which the influences of his Bauhaus years as well as his engagement with the painting of the Old Masters are summarized into an individual position. We would like to thank Ora Ardon, the artist"s daughter-in-law, for further information about Mordecai Ardon. Literature: -Vishny, Michèle: Mordecai Ardon, New York, 1973, No. 229 with color illustrations. No. 126.
