Yosl Bergner 1920-2017
Still Life with Lamp and Little Clown
oil on canvas
45 x 55 cm
inscription on verso: Given by Yosl Bergner to Rita Henryk-Gutt
2013-19
© Yosl Bergner estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery
Bergner's theme was the human condition. His figurative work addresses issues of social and racial injustice and his allegorical still lifes often use toys and household objects, typically the hurricane...
Bergner's theme was the human condition. His figurative work addresses issues of social and racial injustice and his allegorical still lifes often use toys and household objects, typically the hurricane lamp and cheese grater included here, to perform symbolic functions.
Provenance
Given by Rita Henryk Gutt, on behalf of herself and her husband Witold, the son and only child of Jadwige (Wisia) Gutt (née Peiper), who died in Auschwitz late 1943 or early 1944, aged about 40. This painting is donated to the museum in her memory.Exhibitions
2018 Out of Austria: Austrian emigre artists to the UK, Ben Uri Gallery and MuseumBe the first to know – Sign Up
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