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Holocaust 6

Eduard Bargheer

Artwork Details

Holocaust 6
1947
Eduard Bargheer
watercolor and graphite on paper
13 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (34.61 x 49.85 cm);22 x 28 in. (55.88 x 71.12 cm)
Museum Purchase
1948/2.1

Description

Subject Matter:

Women in a concentration camp.

Physical Description:

A menage of female figures lie entangled together, painted in many different colors. Certain body parts appear identifiable and are emphasized with bleeding lines. In the background appears straight-lined brush strokes emoting a fence or barricade much like one would see within a concentration camp. Beneath the watery brushstrokes are thin, precise lines.

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