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George Morrison, American painting

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George Morrison, American painting
<B>George Morrison</B><BR><BR>American painting<BR><BR>1919 - 2000<BR><BR>Composition<BR><BR>1957<BR><BR>Gouache<BR><BR>59x77 cm<BR><BR>Signed and dated.<BR><BR>Charlotte Bergman collection<BR><BR>The Israel Museum<BR><BR>Jerusalem.<BR><BR>Charlotte Bergman<BR><BR>who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003<BR><BR>one month before her 99th birthday<BR><BR>was unique among the museum's benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades<BR><BR>and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60's<BR><BR>the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum. As the childless widow of an English architect<BR><BR>she promised to bequeath her paintings<BR><BR>sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall<BR><BR>Raoul Duffy<BR><BR>Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return<BR><BR>she asked to build a home within the campus<BR><BR>sharing its security. She wouldn't have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white<BR><BR>single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it<BR><BR>they are believed to be worth millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Dufy<BR><BR>a personal friend<BR><BR>and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes<BR><BR>among other works of Picasso<BR><BR>Braque and other great 20th century masters.