The Time of Murder: Memories
Object numberM2006/019:007
TitleThe Time of Murder: Memories
Creator Joseph Bau (artist)
DescriptionA set of 10 prints in a folder by artist and holocaust survivor Joseph Bau, depicting scenes from a Nazi concentration camp. The artist, who was at school in Krakow in 1939 with donor's husband, gave it to the donor when the latter visited him in Israel. The artist Joseph Bau was born in Krakow 1920, died in 2002 was one of the survivors in "Schindler's Arc".
According to the artist’s official website (http://www.josephbau.org/) this drawing is titled ‘My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Psalms 22-2) Joseph Bau crucified on the Swastika’. The print depicts Bau crucified on a swastika, wearing a stripped uniform with the number 69084 with a ‘Jude’ triangle. He is circled by a ring of barbed wire.
According to the artist’s official website (http://www.josephbau.org/) this drawing is titled ‘My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Psalms 22-2) Joseph Bau crucified on the Swastika’. The print depicts Bau crucified on a swastika, wearing a stripped uniform with the number 69084 with a ‘Jude’ triangle. He is circled by a ring of barbed wire.
Production placeTel Aviv, Israel
Production date 1982
Subjectart, nazi cruelty
Object nameprints
Dimensions
- width: 217.00 mm
height: 277.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Genia Biggs