One Day, One Child Series

Publisher Museum Placement Services

Artist Gabriella Nikolic (Canadian, born Serbia)

MediumMonotype with painting, on Stonehenge paper

Dimensions28” x 40”

SignedSigned at lower right: Gabriella

Credit LineGift of Susan Robson

Object numberCAN2000.024.MPS

DescriptionCentral image of circled Star of David with a portion of the same image larger at the bottom. Mostly obliterated archival photographs of little boy with arms in the air and guard pointing gun at him, as well as repeated images of the guard’s face and body. Includes archival texts in Dutch, German, French, and Serbo-Croatian, as well as letters from word “Abracadabra,” and information about the Kaddish in English. Quote about burning books at the bottom center, just left of the Hebrew text of the Mourner’s Kaddish. Principle colors are gray, black, and white.

ClassificationsPrints

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