Lost Flowers
In the 1970s, Weisel, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, made a series of abstract paintings inspired by her father’s tattoo from Auschwitz. The central rectangle in this painting resembles a palimpsest blotting out what hides underneath. The Hebrew word Shema (Hear)—the first word of the prayer (Deuteronomy 6:5) that is the Jewish profession of faith—can be seen but seems on the point of dissolution. Weisel’s father’s tattoo number is faintly visible in the light-colored border on the left side of the blackened rectangle.
Credits
Private collection. Courtesy of the artist.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 10.
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