A wheeled cart piled with corpses, and two men looking on
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Rendered in sketched lines and washes of black ink, at left, is a close view of a wheeled cart with handles tilting back under the weight of several corpses piled onto it. Four individual faces of lifeless bodies can be seen hanging upside down, side by side with the legs of other bodies. At right, two men in flat caps and ill fitting clothes and overcoats, stand looking on. One leans on a shovel as the other readies a strap to go over the cart. At upper left, the numeral two appears, shaded with an ink wash.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.62.2
People
Murray Zimiles, American (New York City, NY born 1941)
Title
The final solution
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Holocaust #2
Title: The Holocaust
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1987
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361215

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
2018.33.62.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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