The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 13, 2025
Budapest Ghetto Series 1944: Man Leaning (recto)
1944
(Hungarian, 1921–1985)
Sheet: 29.7 x 22.8 cm (11 11/16 x 9 in.)
Gift of Sietske and Herman Turndorf 2017.132.a
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. 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.- {{cite web|title=Budapest Ghetto Series 1944: Man Leaning (recto)|url=false|author=Ilka Gedő|year=1944|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.132.a