In Memoriam

Harold Tovish, In Memoriam, 1984, hydrocal and gravel on wood base, 666645 in. (167.6167.6114.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.82.4A-V

Artwork Details

Title
In Memoriam
Date
1984
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
666645 in. (167.6167.6114.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums Description
hydrocal and gravel on wood base
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — weapon — cannon
  • Figure — fragment — face
Object Number
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

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