The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
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.)
Gift of Sietske and Herman Turndorf 2017.131
Location: Not on view
Description
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.- Bíró, Dávid, Ilka Gedő, and István Hajdu. The Art of Ilka Gedő (1921-1985): Oeuvre Catalogue and Documents. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó, 2003.Hajdu, István. The Complete Works of Ilka Gedő (1921-1985): Digitized Catalogue Raisonné, www.ilkagedo.hu. http://mek.oszk.hu/kiallitas/gedo_ilka/
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.131