Before the Bath
Object numberM1991/049:004
TitleBefore the Bath
Creator George Zielezinski (artist)
DescriptionBefore the Bath, Rotogravure, 1946.
Part of a Portfolio of 24 Holocaust prints by George Zeil (Jerzy Zielezinski, 1914-1982) – ‘24 Zeichnungen’; Münchner Graphische Kunstanstalten G.m.b.H. aus F. Bruckmann KG, (1948). Twenty-four black and white rotogravures of drawings, title-page, contents page as well as two page foreword in rag paper portfolio with folding flaps. Faux signature and drawing by the artist on front cover. Captions and contents page in English, German, French, and Spanish. Foreword in German. List of plates: 1) Transport. 2) The New Arrival. 3) Before the Bath. 4) I am Hungry. 5) Night-Shift. 6) When will it be my Turn? 7) Foreman. 8) Punishment. 9) Suicide. 10) "If Only..." 11) Work is Liberty. 12) Garroted. 13) Delirium. 14) Shadows on the Square. 15) The Capo. 16) I am Cold. 17) The Women's Roll Call. 18) The Hospital. 19) Small Criminals. 20) The Prominents. 21) The Shot. 22) To the Wire! 23) Evacuation. 24) Strange Incident.
Jerzy Zielezinski was born in Poland. He was arrested as a political prisoner and sent to the Warsaw Ghetto by the German occupation authorities and was ultimately transported to Dachau concentration camp where he remained until the camp was liberated. In the camp, Zielszinski had drawn on scraps of paper, using remnants of salvaged charcoal from the heating stoves. After the war, while convalescing, he replicated his sketches and in 1946, he produced two portfolios of drawings based on sketches depicting his experiences both at Warsaw and Dachau. The first, K. Z. Album (Prisoner Album), presents his visual account of the Warsaw Ghetto, while the second, Twenty-four Drawings from the Concentration Camps in Germany documents his observations and experiences at Dachau. Eventually he emigrated to the US, and by the name George Ziel became a successful illustrator.
Part of a Portfolio of 24 Holocaust prints by George Zeil (Jerzy Zielezinski, 1914-1982) – ‘24 Zeichnungen’; Münchner Graphische Kunstanstalten G.m.b.H. aus F. Bruckmann KG, (1948). Twenty-four black and white rotogravures of drawings, title-page, contents page as well as two page foreword in rag paper portfolio with folding flaps. Faux signature and drawing by the artist on front cover. Captions and contents page in English, German, French, and Spanish. Foreword in German. List of plates: 1) Transport. 2) The New Arrival. 3) Before the Bath. 4) I am Hungry. 5) Night-Shift. 6) When will it be my Turn? 7) Foreman. 8) Punishment. 9) Suicide. 10) "If Only..." 11) Work is Liberty. 12) Garroted. 13) Delirium. 14) Shadows on the Square. 15) The Capo. 16) I am Cold. 17) The Women's Roll Call. 18) The Hospital. 19) Small Criminals. 20) The Prominents. 21) The Shot. 22) To the Wire! 23) Evacuation. 24) Strange Incident.
Jerzy Zielezinski was born in Poland. He was arrested as a political prisoner and sent to the Warsaw Ghetto by the German occupation authorities and was ultimately transported to Dachau concentration camp where he remained until the camp was liberated. In the camp, Zielszinski had drawn on scraps of paper, using remnants of salvaged charcoal from the heating stoves. After the war, while convalescing, he replicated his sketches and in 1946, he produced two portfolios of drawings based on sketches depicting his experiences both at Warsaw and Dachau. The first, K. Z. Album (Prisoner Album), presents his visual account of the Warsaw Ghetto, while the second, Twenty-four Drawings from the Concentration Camps in Germany documents his observations and experiences at Dachau. Eventually he emigrated to the US, and by the name George Ziel became a successful illustrator.
Production placeGermany
Production date 1948
Production periodpost World War II
SubjectHolocaust, concentration camps
Object nameprints
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted
Dimensions
- width: 300.00 mm
height: 400.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection