Daniela Dinah Passal (sold)
Daniela Dinah Passal (March 20, 1932 - May 12, 2005) was a Polish-Israeli artist active in New York and Israel in the mid-20th century. Passal studied at the New Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem, from 1952-1955, before moving to New York in 1961 to work with the Art Students League. In this same year she married Elias Gechman. She is associated with one map, a pictorial piece issued in 1959 to illustrate John F. Kennedy's A Nation of Immigrants. Passal petitioned for U.S Naturalization in 1969 as Daniela Passal-Gechman. She appears to have lived both in New York and in Ein Karem, just outside of Jerusalem, Israel.
'Everywhere, immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life...' - JFK
A fine example of Daniela Passal's 1958 map of the United States published to illustrate the Anti-Defamation League's first edition issue of John F. Kennedy's essay A Nation of Immigrants. The map highlights Kennedy's impassioned defense of immigration rights and reform. It is accompanied by the first publication of the iconic essay by the Anti-Defamation League. (more details)