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Untitled

Print
ca.1950-1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Jerusalem Print Workshop (printer)
Bacon, Yehuda (artist)
Place of origin
Israel (made)

The image is based upon the artist's own experience of Auschwitz and it shows an abstract vision of a boy or man set amongst the buildings and chimneys of the concentration camp. The lettering in Hebrew, that appears in the smoke from the chimneys, is a passage from Jeremiah (ch.1 v.8), 'For I am with thee to deliver to deliver thee, Saith the Lord', which the Nazis pinned up in banner form over the gates to taunt the inmates.


Object details

Categories
Prints
War
Object type
Print
TitleUntitled (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching, printed in brown
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Print by Yehuda Bacon, 'Untitled', etching printed in brown, printed by the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Israel, ca. 1950-1960
Physical description
The image is based upon the artist's own experience of Auschwitz and it shows an abstract vision of a boy or man set amongst the buildings and chimneys of the concentration camp. The lettering in Hebrew, that appears in the smoke from the chimneys, is a passage from Jeremiah (ch.1 v.8), 'For I am with thee to deliver to deliver thee, Saith the Lord', which the Nazis pinned up in banner form over the gates to taunt the inmates.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 15cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Copy number
10/15
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Bacon' (Signed in pencil)
  • '10/15' (Numbered in pencil)
  • (Numbered on the plate with the artist's concentration camp number)
Subject depicted
Concentration Camps
Place depicted
Auschwitz
Associations
World War II
Nazi Party
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3095-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192036/untitled-print-bacon-yehuda/
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