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Date
Spring 3-1980
Description
This photograph shows a bust of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, in the Ben-Gurion Airport. The bust was made by Dorothy Wolf, a Chicago based artist. In 2007, at the age of 86, she was honored by the State of Israel for the bust of Ben-Gurion seen here.
Rights
This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1921-2008
Creator 2 Role
Sculptor
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
david ben-gurion, government figure, portrait bust
Notes
http://israelpublicart.com/public_art/?art=david-ben-gurion-1
(accessed 14 Nov 2011)
http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/AbouttheAirport/History/80/
(accessed 14 Nov 2011)
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-11-20/news/0811191172_1_artist-and-sculptor-david-ben-gurion-portrait
(accessed 14 Nov 2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion
(accessed 13 Nov 2011)