Yehuda Bacon b. 1929
Variations on a Theme (10 coloured etchings), 1957
coloured etchings on paper
24.6 x 10.1 cm each print
1987-21
© Yehuda Bacon
Photo: Bridgeman Images
Much of Bacon’s work deals with the horrors he witnessed during the Holocaust, whereas 'Variations on a Theme' possesses an air of uncharacteristic optimism and is a celebration of form...
Much of Bacon’s work deals with the horrors he witnessed during the Holocaust, whereas 'Variations on a Theme' possesses an air of uncharacteristic optimism and is a celebration of form and colour, which draws on common influences with the work of Jankel Adler.
Provenance
presented by Dr Israel Feldman 1957Exhibitions
2009 Homeless & Hidden 2: World Class Collection Homeless & Hidden, Ben Uri Gallery
2019 Czech Routes: Selected Czechoslovakian Artists in Britain, Ben Uri Gallery
Literature
Nicola Baird ed., Czech Routes: Selected Czechoslovak Artists in Britain from the Ben Uri and Private Collections (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2019);Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 23.
