UTW 4

Child with cap in the Warsaw ghetto

Art: 1992
Media: Ink
Framed, 27 inches H x 39 W [71 cm. H x 99 W]

Drawn from a Warsaw Ghetto photo seen in "The 45th Anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, 1943-88," pub. by Interpress, Warsaw.

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The wings were drawn at the Burke Museum of Natural History, Seattle. 

In viewing the photo, it is unclear whether the child is a boy or a girl (although most girls and women I’ve asked have stated they think both the photo and my drawing are of a girl; most boys and men say they think the child was a boy).

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After completing the portrait, I approached the drawing of the wings with great alarm for fear of ruining a perfectly good portrait. After many months of delay (during which time I worked on other works in the series) I began the wings; fortunately, thankfully (!) each succeeded, to my great relief.

– notes by the artist, 1992