Peter Dallos collection

Identifier: irn47434
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47434

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Peter Dallos.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of The War Series, a group of nine semi-abstract welded steel sculptures, created by Peter Dallos (originally Deutsch) about his childhood experiences in German occupied Hungary and as a memorial to victims of the Holocaust and World War II.

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War, a minimalist welded steel sculpture symbolizing childhood memories of WWII in Budapest
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50236
- English
- 1998
- overall: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm) | Depth: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
War is a semi-abstract, black painted steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1998. It is an allegorical work that expresses the helplessness of the individual amidst the upheaval of war which Peter, as a young boy, experienced as a surreal nightmare. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, and all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary, a close German ally, enacted anti-Jewish laws in the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's fa...
Destruction, a minimalist welded steel sculpture symbolizing childhood memories of the chaos of WWII in Budapest
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50237
- English
- 1998
- overall: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Destruction is a semi-abstract welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1998/99. It represents a family fleeing from the mayhem of war. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported to forced labor camps. But after the defeat at St...
Confinement, a semi-abstract welded sculpture representing a deportation roundup
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50238
- English
- 1998
- overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 20.250 inches (51.435 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Confinement is a semi-abstract welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1999. "Confinement" depicts how prisoners selected for deportation are trapped by gates, watchtowers, and terrain that make escape impossible. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's fa...
Alone, a minimalist steel sculpture symbolizing the alienated existence of a refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50242
- English
- 1988
- overall: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Depth: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Alone is a semi-abstract black painted steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 1988 to convey his state of mind after escaping Hungary in 1956 following the revolution against Soviet control. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported...
Bombardment, a steel sculpture symbolizing childhood memories of the hunt for food during the nonstop bombing of Budapest
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50244
- English
- 2000
- overall: Height: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Depth: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Bombardment is a welded, black painted steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 2000 to symbolize the desperate search for food during the siege of Budapest. All movement was restricted by the relentless bombing and the street battles between Soviet and German troops. During brief lulls in the fighting, they would run from doorway to doorway amidst collapsing buildings. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as a...
Air Raid, a semi-abstract steel sculpture resembling a bombed building based upon childhood memories of WWII in Budapest
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50263
- English
- 2000
- overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Depth: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Air Raid is an abstract welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 2000. It expresses the fear of abandonment felt by a 10 year old boy of being trapped within a bombed out building, with the adults outside. The boy cannot get out and the adults cannot get to him. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally and had enacted anti-...
Forced March No 1., steel and brass allegorical sculpture symbolizing prisoners on a forced march into a chasm
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50264
- English
- overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 25.125 inches (63.818 cm) | Depth: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Forced March No. 1. is a welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos in December 2000. It represents captives being marched along a narrow cliffside road overlooking a chasm, downward, into a hell. The uneven ridge on the other side of the chasm has a polished silver surface representing a better place they will never reach. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holoca...
Forced March No. 2, an allegorical steel sculpture representing a childhood memory of a roundup of Jews for deportation
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50265
- English
- 2001
- overall: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Depth: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Forced March No. 2. is a welded sculpture created by Peter Dallos in 2001. It depicts Jews being herded along a narrow Budapest street, a scene he witnessed as a 10 year old. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Each work has small, thin brass rods carefully positioned in the forbidding sculptural environment that often represent Peter and his parents, as well as all those victimized by the war and the Holocaust. Hungary was a close German ally, and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported to forced labor ca...
Allegorical steel sculpture made to honor Raoul Wallenberg by an artist who was one of the 1000s saved by his efforts
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50266
- English
- 2010-2012
- overall: Height: 26.500 inches (67.31 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) | Depth: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Homage to Wallenberg is a welded steel sculpture created by Peter Dallos from 2010-2012. It is a symbolic work with an abstract representation of Wallenberg, a realistic white hand, emerging from the Jewish quarter of Budapest, cradling men, women, and children. A repulsive plant-creature, representing the Nazi menace, threatens the protected figures. It is one of nine works in The War Series, created from 1988-2012. Hungary was a close German ally, and had enacted anti-Jewish laws since the 1930s. In 1940, Peter's father and uncles were deported to forced labor camps. But after the defeat ...