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.