Moses Wloski, Born 1921, Wolkowisk, White Russia
Artist
Jeffrey Wolin
(American, 1951-)
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)
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)
ClassificationsPhotography
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
Terms
- Holocaust
- Moses Wloski
- Man
- Tattoos
- Black
- White
- Documentary photography
On View
Not on viewLabel 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.
