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DuBrow, Gale,
McNeilly, Tom,
History -- Europe
Allegory -- Civic
State of Being -- Death
State of Being -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Sculpture
Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
DuBrow, Gale, sculptor.
McNeilly, Tom, fabricator.
Title:
Holocaust Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated June 14, 1981.
Medium:
Hand: bronze; Cube: aluminum; Base: concrete and aluminum with interior electrical light.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 99 x 63 x 63 in.; Base: 47 x 36 x 36 in. (2530 lbs.).
Inscription:
(One side of cube:) (Hebrew letters)/THOU SHALL NOT FORGET (Lower cube of base:) G. DUBROW '81 (One side of cube:) BUCHENWALD/AUSCHWITZ/BELZEK/DACHAU/MITTELBAU DORA/SACHSENHAUSEN/ CHELMNO/TREBLINKA/PLASZOW/RAVENSBRUCK/FLOSSENBERG/BERGEN BELSEN/MAIDENEK/STUTTHOF/NEUENGAMME/SOBICOR/NATZWEILER/MAUTHAUSEN/JASSENOVAC/VAIVARA/GOSPIC/BABI YAR/SAJMISTE/GROSS ROSEN/KLOOGA/TEREZIN signed
Description:
A single right hand arises from a black aluminum cube, resting on a smaller aluminum cube base. One side of the cube has metal letters: "Thou shall Not Forget" and the equivalent Hebrew letters above them. Another side of the cube has the names of the 26 Jewish concentration camps painted in white letters on it arranged in a scattered, nonlinear manner. One side of the cube is blank, the other side has s-vertical openings running the height of the cube, through which an electric eternal flame can be seen.
Subject:
History -- Europe -- Holocaust
Allegory -- Civic -- Injustice
State of Being -- Death -- Execution
State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Sculpture
Owner:
Temple Beth El, 1118 West Glendale Avenue, Courtyard Phoenix, Arizona
Remarks:
Tom McNeilly assembled the parts of the sculpture.
1993 SOS! survey reports that the artist is a member of the Temple's congregation.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993.
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 AZ000005
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