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Artist |
Bergner, Yosl |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Title |
Ten Proverbs - Morals and Proverbs |
Date |
ca. early 1970s |
Medium |
Hand-colored lithograph |
Edition |
39/100 |
Dimensions |
19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (49.5 x 34.3 cm) |
Accession Number |
67.0.0 |
Credit line |
Acquired from Grosvenor Gallery/Sevenarts Ltd. |
About This Work |
The surreal world of Yosl Bergner's prints includes a child rocking on a broken hobbyhorse and blind figures. Birds correspond to motifs in Aloni's poem: blind birds proclaim "Springs" and the good fortune foretold by a bird on one's hat is overshadowed by the presence of trains, an allusion to displacement or, more ominously, to the transport of Jews to ghettoes and death camps during the Holocaust. As Aloni wrote: "Look not that he has birds on his hat:/In his head run trains." |
Search Terms |
Grosvenor Gallery |
Legal Status |
The artist or artist's estate retains all copyrights to their work. |