Moses Wloski, Born 1921, Wolkowisk, White Russia

Artist Jeffrey Wolin (American, 1951-)

CultureAmerican

Date1993

MediumToned gelatin silver print with marker

DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (37.8 × 47.3 cm)
Overall: 16 × 19 1/4 in. (40.6 × 48.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 1/8 × 26 1/8 in. (61.3 × 66.4 cm)

InscribedThe photograph contains the text of Moses's capture by the Nazis, during World War II, and his successful escape.

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Marion Johnson Lidman in honor of her husband, Roger William Lidman, M.D. and his parents, Frances Sacks Lidman and the late Bernard Isaac Lidman, M.D. on the occasion of their shared anniversaries, May 27th.

Object number99.7.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a portrait of Moses Wloski, a Holocaust survivor.

Label TextJeffrey Wolin American (b. 1951) Moses Wloski, Born 1921, Wolkowisk, White Russia, 1993 Toned gelatin silver print with marker Museum purchase with funds provided by Marion Johnson Lidman in honor of her husband, Roger William Lidman, M.D., and his parents, Frances Sacks Lidman and the late Bernard Isaac Lidman, M.D., on the occasion of their shared anniversaries, May 27th 99.7.1 These two prints belong to a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors by Jeffrey Wolin. The photographer interviewed his subjects and recorded their pain-filled stories. He then imprinted those texts on the portraits, creating harrowing documentaries of personal loss and survival. Exhibition History"Written in Memory: Portraits of the Holocaust. Photographs by Jeffrey A. Wolin," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Gallery, October 13 - December 13, 1998. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, June 15 - August 22, 1999. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011.Published ReferencesWRITTEN IN MEMORY: PORTRAITS OF THE HOLOCAUST. PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFFREY A. WOLIN (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, Published in conjunction with Catherine Edelman Gallery, 1997), pp. 32-33; Ill. p. 33.