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CHILDRENS’ PORTRAITS DESTROYED BY KNIVES

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Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Cologne
26. October 1988


Gottfried Helnwein’s photography project “Ninth November Night," a spectacular work of art that recalls the destruction of the synagogues during the so-called “Reichskristallnacht,” was itself the target of an attack.
On Monday night an unknown person destroyed all seventeen child portraits with knife slashes. The portraits had been set up between the Museum Ludwig and the Dome of Cologne.
Helnwein had financed the project himself.




Gottfried Helnwein: Selektion - Ninth November Night
Selektion - Ninth November Night 1988
scanachrome on vinyl
Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
catalogue cover




Gottfried Helnwein: Neunter November Nacht
Neunter November Nacht 1988
scanachrome on vinyl
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Panel damaged by vandals




Gottfried Helnwein: Neunter November Nacht
Neunter November Nacht 1988
scanachrome on vinyl
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Panel damaged by vandals




Gottfried Helnwein: Selektion - Neunter November Nacht
Selektion - Neunter November Nacht 1988
scanachrome on vinyl
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Panel damaged by vandals


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