Shaul Tchernichovsky – Signed Photograph - Falu Zivlin

Photograph of Shaul Tchernichovsky, by photographer Falu Zivlin. [Jerusalem, 1930s].
Portrait photograph of Shaul Tchernichovsky, with a dedication to the photographer: "With thanks, to Mr. F. Zivlin, the nice, diligent person and photographer, Shaul Tchernichovsky". The photograph is mounted on a cardboard plate with photographer's signature (in pen) on the margins: "Photographer F. Zivlin".
Photographer Falu Zivlin (1902-1982) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1914. He settled with his family in Tel-Aviv and studied photography. Between 1929 and 1953 he worked in Jerusalem, in a shop on King George Street. Zivlin used natural light for his portrait photographs, unlike other photographers in Palestine at the time. Over the years he photographed for various institutes and organizations such as JNF and the "Haganah". During the Independence War his family members burnt many of his photographs for use as burning material to heat water; when he closed his studio, in 1953, thousands of his photographs and negatives were discarded.
Photograph 8.5X13 cm, attached to cardboard 19X26.5 cm. Good condition. Wear. Stains to cardboard.
Provenance: Estate of Falu Zivlin.