Three figures. Possibly signed lower edge. Dimensions: (Frame) H 25.5" x W 21.5", (Sight) H 17.5" x W 14" Condition: A couple marks to the frame. Artist and Holocaust survivor, Koczy survived two concentration camps after being separated from her family at the age of three. After the war, Koczy developed an art portfolio at night while working long hours as a domestic servant in Switzerland. After submitting her portfolio to the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, she was accepted in 1961. Koczy's artistic focus on the Holocaust began in the mid-1970's, earning her significant recognition. Her works are in international collections including the Guggenheim Museum, the Illinois Holocaust Museum, the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, and many more of note. In 2017, during an exhibition of her works in Recklinghausen, local historians and archivists who looked for local documents to corroborate her biography came to the conclusion that her Holocaust memoir had been forged. and that neither Koczy nor her parents were of Jewish ancestry, nor were they persecuted during the Holocaust or in a concentration camp.

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