About the work

The American Third Army liberated the Buchenwald Centration Camp on April 11, 1945. Harold Persico Paris, a correspondent for the Stars & Stripes newspaper, witnessed the horrors of Buchenwald first-hand. In November 1945 the Nuremburg Trials. Paris was assigned to cover the trials, giving him another front seat to history—and profoundly impacting him. That same year Paris began working on the prints and sculptures that would be published in 1949 as the Buchenwald Series. Paris was one of the very first artists to create art to explore and illustrate the Holocaust. The nine prints in the Buchenwald series were engraved in Lucite, inked, and then printed like a woodcut. The Buchenwald Series established Paris’ reputation as a print maker. Issued in an edition of only 25 impressions, many of which are held by museums and other important collections, this work is scarce. Custom framed in a solid wood frame using strictly conservation-grade materials and 99% UV-blocking art glass.