'Le Pigeon' Replica

Ingrid Deutsch survived the war in hiding with her grandmother, unaware that her parents, Carol and Fela Deutsch, had been deported; both were murdered during the Holocaust. When Ingrid and her grandmother returned to their home in Antwerp in 1945, they found that nearly all their belongings had been looted—except for one item miraculously left behind: a beautifully crafted wooden box containing 99 gouache illustrations created by Carol Deutsch in 1941–1942.

These vibrant works, blending Art Nouveau elements with influences from the Bezalel School, depict biblical stories in their original landscapes and reflect the artist’s deep Jewish identity. Created under curfew and persecution, the series stands as a powerful expression of faith, resilience, and a father’s enduring gift to his daughter. Today, the collection is preserved and displayed at Yad Vashem’s Museum of Holocaust Art.