Photo of brick ledge leading through the center with grass and flowers on either side

Now (Auschwitz-Birkenau) 13-2

Artist Alan Cohen (American, born 1943)

Date1994

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsimage: 18 7/8 in x 18 1/2 in

ClassificationPhotograph

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Ann and Edwin Rothschild

Object number1995.49.24

Collections

Place and Memory

Text Entries

Danny M. Cohen, "Alan Cohen, Now (Auschwitz-Birkenau) 13-2," essay from the publication Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block's Collection (2021)

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