Dora Holzhandler, My Grandfather in Auschwitz

Dora Holzhandler 1928-2015

My Grandfather in Auschwitz

oil on canvas

125.5 x 100

(lower centre) 'Dora Holzhandler'

2006-21

@Dora Holzhandler

Photo: Bridgeman images

Holzhandler's imaginary portrait of her grandfather, who perished in Auschwitz, was made 17 years after the end of the Second World War as an act of reflection and commemoration. It...

Provenance

presented by the artist 2006

Exhibitions

Outside In or Inside Out: Dora Holzhandler

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