Untitled
1955
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Yehuda Bacon
Yehuda Bacon is an Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor.
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1955 by Yehuda Bacon, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a chaotic, layered scene with a large, shadowy figure in the center. The face is twisted and hard to read, surrounded by jagged lines and shapes. In the background, there’s a faint cityscape with buildings and a road, but it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s melting together. The artist used rough, uneven lines that make the whole image feel unstable. The print looks like it was made by carving into a surface, leaving thick, dark marks that stand out against the lighter areas. Next, look up Bacon, Yehuda to see more of his work.
The work by Yehuda Bacon depicts an abstract figure amid the structures and smokestacks of a concentration camp, reflecting the artist’s experience in Auschwitz. Hebrew text visible in the smoke from the chimneys quotes Jeremiah 1:8, a verse the Nazis displayed at camp entrances to mock prisoners.
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Yehuda Bacon is an Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor.
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