Mise en abyme
Artist
Gil Yefman
(Israeli, born 1979)
CultureAmerican
Date2014
MediumCardboard
Dimensions7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (18.4 × 18.4 cm)
Portfolioedition 469 of 500; From Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Holiday Gifts
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.27.5
Not on view
DescriptionKaleidoscope. The kaleidoscopic transformation of images of the Holocaust take on the form of mandalas, which Yefman understands as being archetypical representations of the self.ProvenanceThe work was a 2014 gift of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Ronald Felman Fine Arts. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
