(Tolarno Mural) 1966 Oil on Paper on Plywood Heide Museum of Modern

All artwork by Mirka Mora, unless indicated otherwise. Soundscape written and designed by Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey.

1. Untitled (Tolarno Mural) 9. From left to right 1966 Mirka’s maternal grandmother Mirka (Sima) oil on paper on plywood Gelbein Heide Museum of Modern Art c. 1938 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Mirka Mora papers Melbourne campaign 2019 Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive Purchased 2019 2. Mirka Mora 1985 Mirka’s father Leon Zelik Henry Talbot Paris, France Donated by Henry Talbot November 1948 Jewish Museum of Australia Collection, 796 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

3. Mirka’s handwritten statement Mirka’s maternal grandparents Meyer and Mirka 1963 Gelbein with her aunt Mimi Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1920 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka Mora papers Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive 4. The Whisper Purchased 2019 2002 oil on canvas Baby Mirka with her mother Celia Zelik née Private collection Gelbein © The Estate of Mirka Mora Paris, France 1928 5. Mirka’s paint brushes, belt and jar of art tools with Mirka Mora papers porcelain doll busts, doll and cup Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased 2019 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019 Mirka with her mother Celia (Tsipa) c. 1930s 6. In the Grass Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 2012 oil on canvas 10. Cart with collection of teddy bears and doll Courtesy William Mora Galleries Heide Museum of Modern Art © The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019 7. Certificat d’etudes primaires (Mirka’s French school report) 11. Miniature children’s highchair Paris, France Heide Museum of Modern Art 8 June 1940 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Melbourne campaign 2019

8. To Market 12. Mirka’s childhood memory Beethoven (Kreutzer 1978 Sonata) (facsimile) embroidery thread, beads, felt, synthetic polymer Lionello Balestrieri, artist; Leo Arndt, engraver paint on cotton and synthetic textile backing Berlin, Germany Courtesy William Mora Galleries 1912 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy Library of Congress

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 1 13. Paulette Le Guezennec, Mirka’s ‘second mother’ Mirka at six years old with Nouzette Paris, France Saint-Malo, France n.d 1934 Mirka Mora papers Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive Purchased 2019 19. Mirka’s mother Celia (Tsipa) Zelik (née Gelbein) Paris, France 14. Miniature display case with collection of dolls and 1926 snake Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 20. From left to right Melbourne campaign 2019 The Fournier family, who sheltered Mirka and her family during WWII 15. Les Enfants Qui S’Aiment 1939 1958 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora fibre-tipped pen and brush and coloured inks on paper Paulette Le Guezennec with her daughter Nane Heide Museum of Modern Art 1943 Bequest of John and Sunday Reed 1982 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

16. Photo album Mirka with Paulette and Nane c. 1930s–1952 c. 1942 photographic prints on paper and card Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 21. Menorah 1993 17. Journal with memory of Boulevard de Charonne in oil on canvas 1936 Courtesy William Mora Galleries c. 1988 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 22. Mirka’s journal 1988 18. From left to right Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora A young Mirka with one of her sisters © The Estate of Mirka Mora early 1930s Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 23. Panel of Faces 1982 Paulette Le Guezennec with her daughter Nane gouache on paper and stepmother Nouzette Courtesy William Mora Galleries September 1955 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 24. Untitled (Three Little Girls) Studio portrait of Mirka at two years old 1959 Paris, France oil on composition board 1930 Heide Museum of Modern Art Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Bequest of Barrett Reid 2000

Mirka with her sisters Marcelle and Salomée Zelik 25. Children Paris, France 1961 1939 oil on masonite Mirka Mora papers Courtesy William Mora Galleries Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive © The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased 2019

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 2 26. We Are Family Crochet socks, sewing equipment, porcelain doll’s 1966 head, and silver thimbles given to Mirka by her oil on canvas father Courtesy William Mora Galleries Heide Museum of Modern Art © The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019 27. Angel 1958 32. Certificat de la declaration d’immatriculation oil on composition board (Georges Mora’s martriculation certificate) Heide Museum of Modern Art Paris, France Purchased from John and Sunday Reed 1980 5 October 1950 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 28. Mirka’s annotated copy of French Children of the © The Estate of Mirka Mora Holocaust: A Memorial Serge Klarsfield 33. Letter to Georges Mora from the Refugee 1996 Assistance Fund Inc. Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora New York, USA 3 January 1949 29. Mirka Mora and Marcel Marceau Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Self-portrait as Bip c. 1965 34. Quittance de loyer (rent receipt) casein paint on cotton Paris, France Courtesy William Mora Galleries 15 July 1945 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka Mora papers Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive 30. Clockwise from top left Purchased 2019 Mirka with a young child Saint-Quay-Portrieux, France 35. Menthon-St Bernard c. 1945–46 1948 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora oil on canvas Private collection Mirka at the beach with a young child, possibly her © The Estate of Mirka Mora cousin Dina 1946 36. Lovers with Friend Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1982 oil on canvas Mirka’s student identity card for the School of Courtesy William Mora Galleries Theatre—School of Life © The Estate of Mirka Mora Paris, France 1947 37. Hopefulness Mirka Mora papers 2016 Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive oil on canvas Purchased 2019 Private collection © The Estate of Mirka Mora Georges Mora with Marcel Marceau in Aspendale 38. Clockwise from top left Melbourne Mirka and Georges Mora 1963 London, UK Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora May 1948 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka with Marcel Marceau Melbourne Georges Mora’s parents Sofia and Max Morawski c. 1960s n.d. Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 31. Mirka’s sons’ shoes Melbourne campaign 2019 c. 1950s Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 3 Family photograph including Mirka’s father Leon Mirka’s father Leon Zelik Zelik and husband Georges Mora Paris, France Paris, France 1951 1950 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

A young Georges Mora with his mother behind him Mirka’s sisters Marcelle and Salomée Zelik and his father in front wearing white pants Paris, France c. 1920s c. 1949–50 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

Mirka’s decorated truck and angel wings for the Mirka and her mother Celia (Tsipa) Zelik née children at the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants Gelbein (OSE) orphanage Colchester, USA Saint-Quay-Portrieux, 1946 10 May 1951 Mirka Mora papers Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive Purchased 2019 42. Mirka’s watercolour and gouache paint tubes, paint brushes, tools, and doll Advertisement for Organisation Du Service De Heide Museum of Modern Art L’OSE Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for France Melbourne campaign 2019 c. 1936 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s embroidered brooch by Jan Manley 1979 Exterior building of the Œuvre de Secours aux Heide Museum of Modern Art Enfants (OSE) orphanage Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Saint-Quay-Portrieux, France Melbourne campaign 2019 1942 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 43. Friends Under the Tree 1995 39. Mirka’s gouache paint tubes, porcelain dolls and oil on canvas F.C. Calvert & Co’s Carbolic Tooth Powder tin Courtesy William Mora Galleries with glass beads © The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 44. Red Snake Melbourne campaign 2019 1980 oil on linen 40. Painting for a Nostalgic Traveller Heide Museum of Modern Art 1966 Gift of Anthony Scott 2014 charcoal, pastel, acrylic and oil on board Courtesy William Mora Galleries 45. Tackling Melbourne © The Estate of Mirka Mora 1956–57 oil on masonite 41. Clockwise from top left Courtesy William Mora Galleries Mirka’s sister Salomée Zelik © The Estate of Mirka Mora Paris, France 1949 46. St Kilda Pier Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1970 oil on board Family photograph including Mirka, her sisters, her Courtesy William Mora Galleries mother, and cousins Evelyn and Dina © The Estate of Mirka Mora January 1948 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 47. Mirka’s copy of La Boheme Henri Murger n.d. Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 4 48. Dressmaking business card 57. Catalogue for Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition at Melbourne Tolarno Galleries early 1950s St Kilda Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1967 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 49. Letter from Sniders Motzo Factory to George Morawski (Georges Mora) 58. Pram with dolls Melbourne Heide Museum of Modern Art 1 July 1951 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Melbourne campaign 2019

50. Letter to Georges Mora regarding factory 59. Mirka’s copy of Australia Unlimited machinery Edwin Brady 15 December 1951 1918 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 51. Accounts for Sniders Motzo Factory Melbourne campaign 2019 Melbourne September 1951 60. Fabric flowers from Mirka’s sewing box Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 52. Letter to the Superintendent Telephone Branch Melbourne campaign 2019 from Georges Mora regarding the establishment of business name MIRKA 61. Meeting agenda for the Contemporary Art Society Melbourne at 9 Collins Street 2 July 1953 Melbourne Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 12 February 1954 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 53. Mirka with sons William and Tiriel in Fitzroy Gardens 62. Embroidery threads on a reel from Mirka’s East Melbourne sewing box 1959 Heide Museum of Modern Art Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for © The Estate of Mirka Mora Melbourne campaign 2019

54. Mirka’s mother and family in Colchester 63. Letter to Madam Mirka from Georges Limited USA ordering French plastrons 1951–53 Melbourne Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 25 August 1952 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 55. Study for Self-portrait 1958 64. Made by MIRKA label tape pen and ink on paper Melbourne Courtesy William Mora Galleries c. 1950s © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 56. Mirka’s magnifying glass Heide Museum of Modern Art 65. Advertisement card for Mirka’s French Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for plastron garment Melbourne campaign 2019 Melbourne early 1950s Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 5 66. Mirka’s paint palette 73. Mirka’s studio at Tolarno Hotel Heide Museum of Modern Art St Kilda Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 1967 Melbourne campaign 2019 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

67. Rabbiting 74. I Love My Australia 1978 1991 embroidery thread, braid, beads, synthetic oil on board polymer paint on cotton and synthetic textile Courtesy William Mora Galleries backing © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora 75. Erichthonius and Gaea—The Parting 1968 68. Pages from Mirka’s photo album (facsimile) charcoal and pastel on paper early 1950s Heide Museum of Modern Art Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Bequest of John and Sunday Reed 1982 © The Estate of Mirka Mora 76. Letter to Georges Mora from Museum of Modern 69. Untitled Art of Australia c. 1959 Melbourne ink on paper 9 April 1962 Private collection Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 77. Café orders 70. 9 Collins Street Melbourne 1959 c. 1965 oil on masonite Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 78. Mirka’s paint palette 71. My Restaurants—Mirka Café, Balzac, Tolarno Heide Museum of Modern Art 1954 to 1970 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne Melbourne campaign 2019 1954–70 Mirka Mora papers 79. Letter to Georges Mora from the National Bank Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive regarding a liquor licence Purchased 2019 Melbourne 24 April 1958 72. From left to right Mirka Mora papers Tolarno Galleries business card Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive South Yarra Purchased 2019 c. 1980s Courtesy William Mora Galleries 80. Sunday’s Garden © The Estate of Mirka Mora 1990 oil on board Tolarno French Bistro business card Heide Museum of Modern Art St Kilda Gift of Mirka Mora 1990 c. 1960s Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 81. Mirka at Tolarno French Bistro (facsimile) © The Estate of Mirka Mora St Kilda 1969 Café Balzac business card Courtesy The Age East Melbourne c. late 1950s–early 1960s Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 6 82. Portrait of Mirka for an exhibition at Georges 92. Fabric collar with Georges Department Store tag Department Store from Mirka's sewing box Melbourne Heide Museum of Modern Art 1969 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Dr Geoffrey Smith Melbourne campaign 2019 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 93. Portrait 83. Goblet (David is Mad) 1958 1960 oil on masonite glazed ceramic Courtesy William Mora Galleries Heide Museum of Modern Art © The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019 94. Mirka’s annotated copy of Les Camps D’internement du Loiret. 1941–1943. 84. Mirka rummaging among the rubble of Australia’s Histoire et Mémoire first French Embassy (facsimile) Collectif—Avant-Propos De Jean-Pierre Sueur— St Kilda Préface De Jean-Pierre Azema 1968 1992 Courtesy News Ltd/Newspix/State Library of Mirka Mora papers Victoria Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive Purchased 2019 85. Home movies filmed by Gerty Anschel (edited) Melbourne 95. The Mora family on summer holidays in Aspendale 1954–60 Melbourne Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive 1963 © Philippe Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

86. Sunday lunch with Albert Tucker, Mirka Mora and 96. Mirka at the Zoo with sons William and Tiriel Laurence Hope (facsimile) Parkville Melbourne 1962 28 May 1961 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Brian McArdle © The Estate of Mirka Mora Private collection 97. Zelik papers (facsimile) 87. Letter to Mirka from Sunday Reed Paris, France 1962 1942 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka Mora papers Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive 88. Mirka’s paint palettes Purchased 2019 Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for 98. Letter to Georges Mora from Charles Blackman Melbourne campaign 2019 c. 1962 Courtesy William Mora Galleries 89. Aspendale Through the Years photo album Aspendale 99. Portrait of Peter Burns c. 1960s 1958 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora oil on masonite © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora 90. Letter to Mirka from John Perceval 1966 100. Notebook given to Mirka by Charles Blackman, Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora with note 1966 91. Sidney Nolan’s paint brush Courtesy William Mora Galleries Heide Museum of Modern Art © The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 7 101. Charles Blackman at Aspendale 111. Centre for Adult Education (CAE) course guide Melbourne featuring Mirka 1959 Melbourne Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 2001 Courtesy the Centre for Adult Education (CAE) a 102. John Perceval in his studio brand of Box Hill Institute (BHI) 1965 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 112. Hand glazed ceramic tile 1979 103. Portrait of Mirka with her dolls fired ceramic Melbourne Courtesy William Mora Galleries c. 1971 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Dror Howley Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 113. From top to bottom Page from Mirka’s sketchbook 104. Adam and Eve 1992–93 c. 1967 Courtesy William Mora Galleries charcoal, pastel and ink on cardboard © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora Pages from Mirka’s sketchbook 1960 105. Admiring the Black Sun Courtesy William Mora Galleries 1980 © The Estate of Mirka Mora oil on canvas Courtesy William Mora Galleries Mirka’s notebook © The Estate of Mirka Mora 2002 Courtesy William Mora Galleries 106. Family Gathering in the Dream Park © The Estate of Mirka Mora 2008 oil on canvas Page from Mirka’s sketchbook Courtesy William Mora Galleries 1992–93 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora 107. Silk Tapestry 2005 114. Making of dolls silk thread c. 1970s Courtesy William Mora Galleries Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

108. Piglets at Anlaby 115. Mirka Mora, Lisa Gorman, Gorman 1968–92 Mirka Dreaming Sheer Dress oil on canvas 2016 Private collection shell: 100% silk; trim: 98% viscose, 2% elastane © The Estate of Mirka Mora Heide Museum of Modern Art Gift of Lisa Gorman 2016 109. My Heart Beats with a Smile c. 1975 Mirka’s wooden stool, sewing boxes, magnifying charcoal and pastel on paper glasses and basket Courtesy William Mora Galleries Heide Museum of Modern Art © The Estate of Mirka Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019 110. Doll workshop for the Centre for Adult Education (CAE) 116. Couple Melbourne 1973 n.d. casein paint on cotton Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 8 117. Mother and Child 126. Hand glazed ceramic tile 1991 1979 oil, gold leaf and Venetian glass on board fired ceramic Private collection Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

118. Moo-cow in Orchard 127. From left to right 1978 Mirka’s sketchbook embroidery thread, lace, beads, synthetic polymer January 1987 paint on cotton and synthetic textile backing Courtesy William Mora Galleries Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s watch 119. Mirka’s beaded clutch Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Private collection © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s sketchbook 120. Hand glazed ceramic tile 1986–87 1979 Courtesy William Mora Galleries fired ceramic © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora Handwritten note on colour n.d. 121. Mannequin Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1981 © The Estate of Mirka Mora oil on plywood Courtesy William Mora Galleries 128. Nijinsky ABC © The Estate of Mirka Mora 1981 watercolour 122. Hand glazed ceramic tile Private collection 1979 © The Estate of Mirka Mora fired ceramic Courtesy William Mora Galleries 129. Embroidery after CAE mural © The Estate of Mirka Mora Melbourne 1984 123. Medea Mask Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1979 © The Estate of Mirka Mora mixed media Courtesy William Mora Galleries 130. CAE doll painting workshop on board a train © The Estate of Mirka Mora Melbourne September 1978 124. Medea Pictures: The Making of the Masks photo Val Freeman album Courtesy the Centre for Adult Education (CAE) 1979 a brand of Box Hill Institute (BHI) Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 131. Untitled 1977 125. Mirka at a workshop at Heide Museum of Modern paint on textile Art Courtesy William Mora Galleries Bulleen © The Estate of Mirka Mora 1990 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s paint box Heide Museum of Modern Art Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Melbourne campaign 2019

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 9 132. Invitation card for Picasso exhibition at Tolarno George Negus Tonight Galleries 2004 St Kilda Courtesy Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1980 Library Sales Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora Dynasties: The Mora Family 2005 133. Untitled (Girl Holding Dog) Courtesy Australian Broadcasting Corporation n.d. Library Sales casein paint on cotton Courtesy William Mora Galleries Enough Rope with Andrew Denton © The Estate of Mirka Mora 2007 Courtesy Australian Broadcasting Corporation 134. Untitled (unfinished embroidery) Library Sales 1978 embroidery thread on cotton The Shtick Courtesy William Mora Galleries Episode 10.07 Segment 2 © The Estate of Mirka Mora October 2007 Courtesy Henry Greener 135. From left to right Mirka’s sketchbook Happy St Kilda 1960 2014 Courtesy William Mora Galleries dir. Aaron Wilson; prod. Serge Thomann © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy Serge Thomann

Mirka’s sketchbook Three Days in Auschwitz 1990–91 2015 Courtesy William Mora Galleries Philippe Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive © Philippe Mora 136. Moving image content Dreams in a Grey Afternoon 137. Mirka’s paint palette 1965 Heide Museum of Modern Art Philippe Mora Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive Melbourne campaign 2019 © Philippe Mora 138. Mirka Mora and Chris Sanders MIRKA Dish with Mermaid, Baby and Flowers 1974 1970 Paul Cox ceramic Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive Courtesy William Mora Galleries © Kyra Cox Illumination Films © The Estate of Mirka Mora

The Australian Alps: Mirka’s Palace of Dreams 139. Doll workshop for Centre for Adult Education 1989 (CAE) dir. David Greig; prod. John Richardson Melbourne © Kestrel Films n.d. Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres home movie 140. Little Devil with Friends filmed by Frederick Mora (aged 12); supplied by 1980 Serge Thomann oil on canvas 2003 Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 10 141. Mirka’s paint palette Sketch for mural at Flinders Street Station Heide Museum of Modern Art 1984 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for gouache, pencil and ink on paper Melbourne campaign 2019 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 142. Mirka working on her mural at Flinders Street Station 146. Clockwise from top left Melbourne Mirka’s address book 1986 1978 Peter Weaving Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Melbourne Times Mirka’s sketchbook 143. Mannequin July 1988 1981 Courtesy William Mora Galleries oil on plywood © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s sketchbook 1992–95 144. Untitled (Girl and Dog) Courtesy William Mora Galleries 1981 © The Estate of Mirka Mora casein paint on cotton Courtesy William Mora Galleries 147. Untitled (Doll with Velvet Dress) © The Estate of Mirka Mora n.d. casein paint on cotton, velvet and wool fabric, 145. Clockwise from top left braid Handwritten note studying Ancient Greek Courtesy William Mora Galleries c. 1980–81 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s wooden puzzle boxes and magnifying glasses Sketch for mural at Flinders Street Station Heide Museum of Modern Art 1984 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for gouache and pencil on paper Melbourne campaign 2019 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 148. Hope 1988 Sketch of Tympan for Realities Gallery (facsimile) oil on board 1977 Courtesy William Mora Galleries Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 149. Hand glazed ceramic tile Compensation form for the Claims 1979 Conference (Conference on Jewish Material fired ceramic Claims Against Germany) Courtesy William Mora Galleries 2003 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 150. Mirka Mora and Chris Sanders Handwritten note on colours Dish with Angel and Sun n.d. 1970 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora ceramic © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora Collected paper dolls 1983 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Produced from the Collection of The Boston Children’s Museum

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 11 151. The Menorah’s Significance 155. Sketch for mural at Flinders Street Station 1978 1984 pen and ink on paper oil pastel, ink and pencil on paper Courtesy William Mora Galleries Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

152. Clockwise from top left 156. Mirka at the newspaper shop with her scooter Mirka’s annotated script copy for The Australian (facsimile) Alps: Mirka’s Palace of Dreams St Kilda 1989 1985 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Rennie Ellis © David Greig/Kestrel Films Courtesy Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive/State Library of Victoria Council of Adult Education Dedicated Service Award 157. Watercolour paint sample book 15 December 1993 n.d. Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

Collected paper dolls 158. Mirka’s copy of Pensées et Opuscules 1983 Pascal Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora n.d. Produced from the Collection of The Boston Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Children’s Museum 159. Mirka’s utensils in a jar Page from Mirka’s sketchbook Heide Museum of Modern Art 1992–93 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Courtesy William Mora Galleries Melbourne campaign 2019 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s copy of The Weeds, Poison Plants, and Letter to Mirka from Martin Sharp Naturalized Aliens of Victoria 2000 Alfred J. Ewart Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1909 © The Street of Dreams Martin Sharp Ltd. Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

Sketch of Bennelong (facsimile) Mirka’s copy of Larousse Gastronomique c. 1988 Paul Hamlyn Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1988 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

Pamphlet for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s 160. Mirka working on the Tympan at Realities Gallery production of Bennelong (facsimile) 1988 Toorak Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1977 © The Australian Chamber Orchestra Rhonda Senbergs Courtesy Rhonda Senbergs Collection/State 153. Untitled Library of Victoria c. 1978 embroidery thread, ribbons, braid, lace, beads, 161. Teddy Bear sequins, buttons, wax and synthetic polymer paint 1974 on cotton casein paint on cotton Courtesy William Mora Galleries Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

154. Australasian Post 3 August 1978 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 12 162. Mirka Mora and Tom Sanders Mirka’s copy of Ballet and Modern Dance Dish with Heart and Faces Octopus Books 1967 1974 ceramic Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora Mirka’s copy of The Story of Bip Marcel Marceau 163. Untitled (Girl with Crown) 1976 1971 Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora casein paint on cotton Courtesy William Mora Galleries Mirka’s copy of The World of Diaghilev © The Estate of Mirka Mora John Percival 1971 164. Survival Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 1993 gouache on paper 171. Untitled (unfinished embroidery) Courtesy William Mora Galleries c. 1978 © The Estate of Mirka Mora pencil, embroidery thread and ribbons on cotton Courtesy William Mora Galleries 165. Mirka’s fabric ruler © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora 172. Blue Bird 166. Mirka’s Faber Castell pencil box c. 1988 Heide Museum of Modern Art oil on plywood Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Courtesy William Mora Galleries Melbourne campaign 2019 © The Estate of Mirka Mora

167. Untitled 173. Page from Mirka’s sketchbook c. 1990s 1992–93 oil, gold leaf and Venetian glass on board Courtesy William Mora Galleries Private collection © The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora 174. Mirka Mora and Chris Sanders 168. Mirka working on her mural at Flinders Street Figure, Sun and Snake Station 1970 Melbourne ceramic 1986 Courtesy William Mora Galleries Peter Weaving © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Melbourne Times 175. King David 1980 169. Mannequin gouache and ink on paper 1981 Courtesy William Mora Galleries oil on plywood © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora 176. Hand glazed ceramic tile 1979 170. Mirka’s painting easel fired ceramic Heide Museum of Modern Art Courtesy William Mora Galleries Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for © The Estate of Mirka Mora Melbourne campaign 2019 177. Contact strip featuring Leon Zelik’s grave and the Mirka’s copy of The Doll window of a doll shop Carl Fox Paris, France 1972 c. 1980s Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy The Estate of Mirka Mora © The Estate of Mirka Mora

MIRKA — Jewish Museum of Australia 13 178. Mannequin © Kestrel Films 1981 Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres home oil on plywood movie Courtesy William Mora Galleries filmed by Frederick Mora (aged 12); supplied by © The Estate of Mirka Mora Serge Thomann 2003 179. We Hold My Heart © The Estate of Mirka Mora c. 1970 charcoal and pastel on paper Dynasties: The Mora Family Courtesy William Mora Galleries 2005 © The Estate of Mirka Mora Courtesy Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales 180. Untitled 1974 Happy St Kilda paint on textile 2014 Courtesy William Mora Galleries dir. Aaron Wilson; prod. Serge Thomann Courtesy © The Estate of Mirka Mora Serge Thomann

Mirka’s art boxes Three Days in Auschwitz Heide Museum of Modern Art 2015 Purchased with funds raised by the Mirka for Philippe Mora Melbourne campaign 2019 Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive © Philippe Mora 181. From top to bottom Mirka’s sketchbook 1974–75 Courtesy William Mora Galleries © The Estate of Mirka Mora

Record cover for Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite 1977 Mirka Mora papers Heide Museum of Modern Art Archive Purchased 2019

182. Moving image content Dreams in a Grey Afternoon 1965 Philippe Mora Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive © Philippe Mora

The Australian Alps: Mirka’s Palace of Dreams 1989 dir. David Greig; prod. John Richardson

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Soundscape Mirka Mora interviewed by Sheridan Palmer in the Mirka Mora interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Australian art from 1950 to the present oral history Berg Collection project 2 December 1965 8 February 2012 Courtesy National Library of Australia, ID: 465030 Courtesy National Library of Australia, ID: 5812957

MIRKA Absolutely Modern 1974 2013 Paul Cox Philippe Mora Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive Courtesy Philippe Mora © Kyra Cox Illumination Films

Mirka Mora Testimony 29 July 1996 Interviewer: Vera Wasowski Interview of Mirka Mora (1996) is from the archive of the USC Shoah Foundation © USC Shoah Foundation

Buboolah Bagela 1998 Lesley Sharon Rosenthal With kind permission audio segment of Mirka Mora in her studio, courtesy of Lesley Sharon Rosenthal’s documentary Buboolah Bagela 1998

Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres home movie filmed by Frederick Mora (aged 12); supplied by Serge Thomann 2003 © The Estate of Mirka Mora

The Shtick Episode 10.07 Segment 2 October 2007 Courtesy Henry Greener

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