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Artists›Gay Block

Gay Block

American, 1942

WA-00026275

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WikidataQ5528548

MoMA

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2 cross-verified · 0 single-source

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/607
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (38)

Maria Gräfin von Maltzan, Germany from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

18 7/16 × 22 1/2" (46.8 × 57.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fritz Heine, Germany from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 17 11/16" (57.1 × 44.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marie Henriette Feremans-Ceulemans, Belgium from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1990

22 7/16 × 18 7/16" (57 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seine Otten, the Netherlands from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1990

22 1/2 × 18 9/16" (57.1 × 47.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marie Taquet, Belgium from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1990

22 7/16 × 17 5/8" (57 × 44.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Arie Van Mansum, the Netherlands from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 17 1/2" (57.1 × 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gertrud Luckner, Germany from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1991

22 1/2 × 18 9/16" (57.1 × 47.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Emile Guth, France from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust.

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 3/8 × 18 3/8" (56.9 × 46.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ermine Orsi, France from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 3/8 × 18 5/16" (56.8 × 46.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gustav Mikulai, Hungary/Germany from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1990

22 1/2 × 18 1/16" (57.1 × 45.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marion P. van Binsbergen Pritchard, the Netherlands from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 7/16 × 17 9/16" (57 × 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Johannes DeVries, the Netherlands/Canada from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 18 1/8" (57.1 × 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Arnold Douwes, the Netherlands from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1990

22 9/16 × 18 1/2" (57.4 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Andrée Guelen Herscovici, Belgium from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 18 5/16" (57.1 × 46.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Semmy Riekerk, the Netherlands from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 17 1/2" (57.1 × 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tina Strobos, the Netherlands/Larchmont, New York from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 7/16 × 18 7/16" (57 × 46.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jan Karski, Poland/United States

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 9/16 × 18 1/2" (57.4 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 9/16 × 18 1/2" (57.4 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marie-Rose Gineste, France from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print, printed 1990

22 5/8 × 18 1/2" (57.5 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Louisa Steenstra, the Netherlands from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 17 1/2" (57.1 × 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jean Kowalyk Berger from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 18 1/2" (57.1 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gitta Bauer from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1988 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 18 3/8" (57.1 × 46.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stefan Raczynski, Poland/Israel from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1987 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 18 1/2" (57.2 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Helene Jacobs, Germany from the series Rescuers of the Holocaust

1987 · Chromogenic print

22 1/2 × 18 1/2" (57.2 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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38 published of 75 catalogued · 75 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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