It is with profound sadness that our family mourns the passing of Avital Sagalyn, on May 11, 2020. She lived a beautiful life and passed peacefully in her home, surrounded by family.
What seas what shores what grey rocks and what islands
What water lapping the bow
And scent of pine and the woodthrush singing through the fog
What images return
O my daughter.
— T.S. Eliot, “Marina” (excerpt)
Pictured: “Rising Moon, Sinking Sun” by Avital Sagalyn, ca. 1940s, oil on board, painted in Provincetown, Massachusetts.