Jacob Landau, Immortal Beloved

Date
Date unknown
Medium
Pastel and charcoal on paper
Credit Line
Gift of Rosa T. Giletti, 2015
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 4 in.

This small drawing conveys a feeling of loss and a desire to hold onto a beloved partner who is slipping away. Landau, whose wife died of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, published a book of poems with illustrations such as this one, laying bare his emotions as a caregiver.

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