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Addition of a second floor, photographed in 1930 with the black flag displayed
during the week of mourning for Tzina Dizengoff
cemetery in Tel Aviv. At her gravesite, Dizengoff said: "I am now parted from you, and will
continue the same work that all thirty-seven years of our lives together you helped me and
encouraged me to accomplish. When my time comes, and it will not be long now, they will
place my grave next to yours, and we will never be parted again."
Dizengoff always "thought big". He saw in his mind's eye – and also expressed in his
words, his writings, and his actions – a vision of Tel Aviv growing and spreading in all
directions, a vibrant and lively city, the center of economic and cultural activity for the
entire Yishuv. After Tzina's death, Dizengoff started consolidating and promoting his plan
to establish a museum in Tel Aviv. He consulted intellectuals and artists, and sent letters to
people both in Israel and around the world who, to his view, might help him in advancing
the idea and bringing it to fruition.
According to the plan that he committed to writing, the Tel Aviv Museum was supposed
to house three groups of works. The first group included works by Jewish artists who
had been active from the 18th century until the 20th century, as well as works by Jewish
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during the week of mourning for Tzina Dizengoff
cemetery in Tel Aviv. At her gravesite, Dizengoff said: "I am now parted from you, and will
continue the same work that all thirty-seven years of our lives together you helped me and
encouraged me to accomplish. When my time comes, and it will not be long now, they will
place my grave next to yours, and we will never be parted again."
Dizengoff always "thought big". He saw in his mind's eye – and also expressed in his
words, his writings, and his actions – a vision of Tel Aviv growing and spreading in all
directions, a vibrant and lively city, the center of economic and cultural activity for the
entire Yishuv. After Tzina's death, Dizengoff started consolidating and promoting his plan
to establish a museum in Tel Aviv. He consulted intellectuals and artists, and sent letters to
people both in Israel and around the world who, to his view, might help him in advancing
the idea and bringing it to fruition.
According to the plan that he committed to writing, the Tel Aviv Museum was supposed
to house three groups of works. The first group included works by Jewish artists who
had been active from the 18th century until the 20th century, as well as works by Jewish
Other Perspectives 195
