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Rapoport, Nathan,
History -- Europe
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Hebrew
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Waltham
Sculpture
Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rapoport
,
Nathan
,
1911-1987
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1967.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: black granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: 5 x 2.5 x 1.5 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 20 x 2 ft.
Inscription:
Nathan
(sic)
Rapoport
1967 (On base:) MY EYES SHED STREAMS OF WATER OVER THE RUIN OF MY POOR PEOPLE LAMENTATIONS 3:48 IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF THE HOLOCAUST 1933-1945 JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN BOSTON (On flanking granite posts: names of concentration camps) signed
Description:
Atop a hexagonal black granite base stands a bronze male figure with his hands clasped together at his chest, his anguished face turned toward the sky. The sculpture is flanked by two large inscription tablets also made of black granite.
Subject:
History -- Europe -- Holocaust
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- Hebrew
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Waltham
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum, P.O. Box 9110, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254
Located Brandeis University, near Mendel and Lear Berlin Chapel, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9110
Remarks:
The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE SIX MILLION JEWS WHO PERISHED DURING THE NAZI REGIME IN EUROPE. / INTERRED HERE ARE ASHES FROM EXTERMINATION CAMPS OF TREBLINKA AND AUSCHWITZ. CAN THESE BONES LIVE, AND I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT IN YOU AND YOU SHALL LIVE!/APRIL 1974
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS MA000949
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000949
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