Heads of Two Old People

© estate of Johannes Koelz. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries

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This formed part of the left panel of the anti-war triptych 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' and is one of only six known surviving fragments of the work. Koelz cut up the triptych at a sawmill and distributed the pieces with friends and family before he fled Germany in 1937.

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

Leicester

Title

Heads of Two Old People

Date

1930

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 48.3 x W 35.8 cm

Accession number

Y.F14.1998.0.0

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs Ava M. Farrington, 1998

Work type

Painting

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