In Memoriam

Harold Tovish, In Memoriam, 1984, hydrocal and gravel on wood base, 66 x 66 x 45 in. (167.6 x 167.6 x 114.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.82.4A-V

Artwork Details

Title
In Memoriam
Artist
Date
1984
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
66 x 66 x 45 in. (167.6 x 167.6 x 114.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
hydrocal and gravel on wood base
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure — fragment — face
  • Object — weapon — cannon
Object Number
1985.82.4A-V
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.82.4A-V

Artwork Description

In 1949, Tovish created a series of figural sculptures that captured the horror he felt as a soldier exposed to Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II. In Memoriam, created decades later in which faces gaze out from within split cannonballs, continues his theme of entrapment. It honors both those who lost their lives during the war and living individuals imprisoned by mental, emotional, and societal circumstances.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Earl Stetson Crawford, Rue de la Cordonnous, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1979.136.17
Rue de la Cordonnous
Artist
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view
Earl Stetson Crawford, La Rue de la Prison, Morlaix, Brittany, France, 1924, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Katz, 1971.394
La Rue de la Prison, Morlaix, Brittany, France
Artist
Date1924
etching on paper
Not on view
Earl Stetson Crawford, Backwater, les Martiques, 1929, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1979.136.18
Backwater, les Martiques
Artist
Date1929
etching
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Earl Stetson Crawford, Along the Elle, Quimperle, Brittany, France, 1924, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Katz, 1971.396
Along the Elle, Quimperle, Brittany, France
Artist
Date1924
etching on paper
Not on view

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