Black Forest VIII
Susan Moss
1977
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Moss’s Black Forest series is perhaps her best-known work. The seventeen acrylic and Rhoplex (a water-based acrylic emulsion) paintings feature thick vertical shapes and boldly colored stripes. They are dedicated to the memory of her grandparents, who died in the Holocaust in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Credits
Robert A. Rowan Collection, Pasadena, California. Photo by Grant Taylor. Courtesy of the artist and Robert A. Rowan Collection.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 10.
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