Budapest Ghetto Series 1944: Three Seated Figures

1944
(Hungarian, 1921–1985)
Sheet: 32.8 x 21.9 cm (12 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
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Location: not on view

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Ilka Gedö began her artistic training in Budapest the age of 9. In 1944, Gedö and her family were confined to the Budapest ghetto with other Jewish families. There she created a large body of sketches of life in the ghetto. Each drawing conveys the swiftness of line, gestural quality, and spontaneity of a work drawn from life. Her quickly sketched figures capture—with their postures and blank stares—various states of isolation and despair.
Budapest Ghetto Series 1944: Three Seated Figures

Budapest Ghetto Series 1944: Three Seated Figures

1944

Ilka Gedő

(Hungarian, 1921–1985)
Hungary

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