At the Jewish Museum, “The Hare With Amber Eyes” exhibition illuminates the story of Edmund de Waal – The Washington Post
At the Jewish Museum, an exhibition as much about what’s missing as what’s there
The Ephrussis were among the wealthiest families in Europe. Almost everything was taken from them by the Nazis.
Even as the exhibition presents a version of this story, it does its best to remain true to de Waal’s desire to walk into whichever room the netsuke occupy and “to feel the volume of the space.” Each gallery contains just a few framed color photographs (taken recently by the Dutch photographer Iwan Baan) of the empty interiors of former Ephrussi residences, and then a selection of artworks and archival material hung salon-style.