Josef Herman 1911-2000
Refugees, 1941
pen-and-ink and wash and gouache on paper
18 x 23 cm
framed: 39.5 x 44 x 2 cm
framed: 39.5 x 44 x 2 cm
2023-10
© The Estate of Josef Herman
Photo: Ben Uri Collection
In this second image of refugees, Herman depicts three generations of one family, resting, exhausted, among their meagre belongings. This watercolour formerly belonged to Hungarian refugee and gallerist Agi Katz...
In this second image of refugees, Herman depicts three generations of one family, resting, exhausted, among their meagre belongings. This watercolour formerly belonged to Hungarian refugee and gallerist Agi Katz (1931 Budapest, Hungary - 2021 London, England), a close friend, and dealer of Herman’s work, who championed the work of Jewish refugee and immigrant artists to Britain - passing from one refugee to another.
Provenance
purchased 2023Exhibitions
2011 Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938-44, Ben Uri Gallery
2023 The Second World War on the Home Front (supporting A Brush with Evil II: Laura Knight at the Nuremberg Trial), Ben Uri Gallery
2023 Josef Herman: Artistiaid Ffoadur Cymru - Refugee Artists, Hay Castle
2024 The Decorative Fair, Evolution London
2024 Drawing the Unspeakable, Curated by David Dimbleby & Liza Dimbleby, Towner Eastbourne
