Żona (,,świętej pamięci) (Late Wife) – unpublished version

Siemaszko, Olga (1911-2000)

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Olga Siemaszko's works: the "Hand of the Dead" project
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A symbolic representation of the view of Auschwitz from, as one might guess, from the Broniewskis' home in Warsaw. The barrier refers to the railway, but also, perhaps, it was supposed to be associated with the closure of life, including imprisonment. This is one of the unpublished versions of the illustrations to the poem "Żona" (Wife) by Władysław Broniewski, from the edition in the book "Ręka umarłej" (Hand of a Deceased) (the poem is accompanied by two illustrations in the volume, see the original of one of the designs of the second illustration: MPOLIN-M1639).

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Siemaszko, Olga (1911-2000)
Object type
drawing
Time of creation/dating
20th century
Place of creation
Warszawa (mazovian province) ( dane niepewne )
Technique
drawn
Material
paper
ink
Keywords
Nazi camps
poets
actors
death transports
death
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M1640
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.