WINGATE, Orde Charles.

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Album documenting a visit by Wingate's son to the Wingate Institute for Physical Education, October 1962. From the Wingate family papers: a series of photographs taken five years after the institute, Israel's leading centre of physical education, opened its doors to students. The idea of founding a centre in Orde Wingate's honour was approved by the National Committee in May 1944, shortly after his death. Arieh Sharon, a future winner of the Israel Prize for Architecture (1962), designed the site.Only 18 years old, Orde Jonathan Wingate is shown being guided around by the administrative director, Baruch Bagg (1901-1993). He examines the institute's plans, admires the main building, and tours the wider campus, where construction is still in progress and where he plants a commemorative tree. One excellent image captures Wingate looking at his father's portrait on the wall, and in another he is halfway through signing his famous surname in the guest book.Provenance: sold as part of the dispersal of the Wingate papers, Sotheby's, 11 June 1996, Lot 373; purchased by Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections.

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