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Entlausung – odwszenie (Entlausung – delousing) (march) – unpublished version (II)

Siemaszko, Olga (1911-2000)

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Olga Siemaszko's works: the "Hand of the Dead" project

One of the unused illustrations for the book "Ręka umarłej" (Hand of a Deceased), for the short story "Entlausung - odwszenie" (Entlausung – Delousing) by Maria Zarębińska-Broniewska. The story shows the march of female prisoners at Auschwitz to the bathhouse where they are to be deloused. Cf. another version not used in the project and the board used: MPOLIN-M1612 and MPOLIN-M1613.

Part of the composition was covered with a shiny, transparent film-forming substance, which influenced the colour and opacity of the brown background.

The even cutting of the edges of the card to a rectangle is unique compared to the collection of illustrations for the book "Ręka umarłej" (Hand of a Deceased): it is one of the few works prepared in this way; in the case of other works on canvas, the artist left the outer edges uncut for graphic processing in the publishing house.

Przemysław Kaniecki

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Information about the object

Author/creator	Siemaszko, Olga (1911-2000)
Object type	painting
Time of creation/dating	1970
Place of creation	Warszawa (mazovian province) ( dane niepewne )
Technique	painter’s painter’s
Material	canvas aquarel paint
Keywords	Nazi camps The Holocaust March 1968 (1968-1972) actors writers
Copyrights status	contact the Museum
Owner	POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number	MPOLIN-M1614
Localization	The object is not currently on display

The purchase of work for the POLIN Museum's collection was subsidized by funds from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for Promotion of Culture - a state purpose fund, program: National Collection of Contemporary Art.