Untitled from Litzmann (Lodz) Ghetto
Henryk Ross
(Polish, 1910–1991)
1940–1945
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print
Credit LineThe Leon Sutton Collection—Gift of Howard Greenberg in honor of Jacques Preis
Accession number2020.448
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPhotographs
Collections
Provenance1945, gift of the artist to Lova Szmuszkowicz, later Leon Sutton (b. 1909 – d. 2007), Lodz, Poland and New York [see note]; 2007, by inheritance to his son, Paul Sutton, New York; 2018, sold by Paul Sutton to Howard Greenberg (dealer), New York; 2020, gift of Howard Greenberg to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2020)
NOTE: Leon Sutton lived in the Lodz Ghetto, where Henryk Ross was the official photographer. He brought Ross's photographs to the US when he immigrated in 1947.
Copyright© Art Gallery of OntarioNOTE: Leon Sutton lived in the Lodz Ghetto, where Henryk Ross was the official photographer. He brought Ross's photographs to the US when he immigrated in 1947.
