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A soldier walking past a line of naked, malnourished children, and three inset portraits of deceased children

At center top, rendered in sketched lines and washes of black ink, a line of children stand facing away from us, side by side in a line. They are naked and malnourished with outlines of ribs visible. Closer to us at center, a soldier walks past them to the right, holding the body of an infant in one hand. In the foreground at lower left, a man holds up in front of him a pale gaunt child, its limbs hanging limply. At right is a column of individual portraits in framed boxes, of the disfigured faces of three lifeless children. The number one appears at upper left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.62.1
People
Murray Zimiles, American (New York City, NY born 1941)
Title
Millions of children died and some were even buried
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Holocaust #1
Title: The Holocaust
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1987
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361214

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: M. Zimiles '87 (c)
  • inscription: l.r., in graphite: 2/40 M. Zimiles '87 (c)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Murray Zimiles, created 1987; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
2/40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Murray Zimiles
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.62.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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