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This work is based on a photograph of a Ukrainian Jew who was about to be executed by a member of the Nazi Einsatzgruppe. In the photograph, the man is neatly dressed in a suit and tie and is kneeling before a mass grave moments before being shot in the head.

This painting is part of a suite of 4 works which were first shown at the artist's well received solo exhibition of "Portraits of the Forgotten" at the Britannia Community Centre in Vancouver, Canada in May 2002. This suite of 4 paintings now forms part of the permanent collection at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. (see also: Masha Bruskina, Steve Biko and Stompie )

(See also:  Execution of women by Nazis....)

Signed lower right.  Size:  91.5 cm. x 91.5 cm. - 36 in. x 36 in. 

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