The picture represents a reproduction of portal of one from the buildings of Ukrainian capital Kiev. It imitates an entrance to the tomb. The black Magen David executed in Indian ink is depicted in the upper right corner of the picture.
Two glass triangles of a tympanum are painted with yellow oil-pastel. An inscription written by pen in black Indian ink in square Cyrillic letters set under the reproduction.
Mogila Mikhaila Grobmana na ploshchadi Shevchenko v Kieve [Michail Grobman's tomb in Shevchenko Square in Kiev]. The picture is framed by thin black line made with Indian ink.
Name/Title
Michail Grobman's tomb at Shevchenko Square in Kiev (from "Tombs" series) | Unknown
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Date
1981
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Material / Technique
Coloring of the reproduction by pastel and pencil; characters by Indian ink
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Height
215 mm
Length
145 mm
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Extant
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Condition of Building Fabric
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
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Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
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Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Signature
Signature on the reverse side of the picture. Michail Grobman, 1981, cursive Cyrillic letters, pencil
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Summary and Remarks
This series of imaginary tombs represent identification of the artist with victims of the Holocaust: he considers himself killed in every this together with other Jews (interpretation of the artist). The picture reminds a documentary
photograph).
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Executed in Israel. Exhibited: 1984 - "Transformation" exhibition, Tel-Aviv University art-gallery, Tel-Aviv
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Cat.: "Transformation", Tel-Aviv, 1984, ill., n.p.;
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Documenter
| M.G. 9.1994
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Object Copyright
Grobman Family
Negative/Photo. No.