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Hills of Jerusalem by Anna Ticho

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Hills of Jerusalem by Anna Ticho
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Description
Hills of Jerusalem, signed and inscribed "Jerusalem" (lower left)

Technique
Pencil on treated paper

Date Created
Circa 1924

Dimensions
Paper size: 37.5 x 31.5 cm; drawing size: 30 x 21 cm

Provenance
Important Private Collection, Ramat Gan, Israel

Condition
Upper left corner of paper (not drawing) missing, otherwise good.

Notes
Sketches of foliage under the passe-partout.

Biography
Anna Ticho, Painter. b. 1894, Brno, Czechoslovakia. Immigrated 1912. Married Dr. A. Ticho, renowned opthalmologist. Studies: 1906- 1909 Art School, Vienna. Prizes: 1964 Erest Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Jerusalem; 1975 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Specialised in drawing landscapes of Jerusalem and surroundings. 1932 A founder of the New Bezalel School. 1970 Honoured as 'A Worthy of Jerusalem'. Died 1980, Jerusalem. (The Ticho's home was bequeathed to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, for use as a centre for art activities and for a permanent exhibition of Anna Ticho's work).