D. Mandel
Portrait of Mrs Michaelson
oil on board
62.1 x 49.6
(lower left): 'DM'
1987-266
@D. Mandel estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery
Sarah Michaelson and her husband, Adolph were, respectively, the Matron, and the Superintendent of the Jews' Temporary Shelter in Mansell Street, Whitechapel from 1912–1940. Adolph was also elected Chairman of...
Sarah Michaelson and her husband, Adolph were, respectively, the Matron, and the Superintendent of the Jews' Temporary Shelter in Mansell Street, Whitechapel from 1912–1940. Adolph was also elected Chairman of the Ben Uri from 1926-45 (although the gallery was closed between late 1939 and its reopening in January 1944).
Provenance
presented by Mrs Adolph MichaelsonLiterature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 74.2
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