Alina Szapocznikow - Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972, Image copyrights © Hammer

Alina Szapocznikow

March 31, 2013

Alina Szapocznikow was a Polish sculptor, the wife of Polish graphic designer Roman Cieślewicz. She was imprisoned in German Nazi concentration camps and after the war, she produced casts of her body and later of her son's body. She died in 1973.

Artwork image copyright © Hammer

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