Are we not clay, lumps
of ochre and lime, dung heaps --
for eggs and maggots?
Zijn wij klei, klodders	Sind wir Lehm, Ocker-
oker en kalk, mesthopen --	und Kalkklumpen, Misthaufen --
voor vliegeneitjes?	für Fliegeneier?

Poem H5076
Amsterdam, 2024-11-16
Head of Helen Gillespie - II (Frank Auerbach) - 1964
Painting

Collection: Metamorphic body
Keywords: Life: course (end), Death: and life 
Tribute to: Auerbach, Frank 

The mummy body
is without breath, as God once --
created Adam.
Het mummie-lichaam	Mumienkörper
zonder adem, zoals ooit God --	ohne Atem, wie Gott einst --
de eerste mens schiep.	den Menschen erschuf.

Poem H5075
Amsterdam, 2024-11-16
Head of E.O.W. (Frank Auerbach) - 1958
Painting

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life
Collection: Metamorphic body
Keywords: Breath, Bible 
Tribute to: Auerbach, Frank 

He's dressed in a cave
that has a low opening --
His heels in the sand.
De man is gekleed	Er ist gekleidet
in een laag gelegen hol --	in einer Niederhöhle --
Hakken in het zand.	Die Fersen im Sand.

Poem H5074
Amsterdam, 2024-11-16
Head of Leon Kosshoff (Frank Auerbach) - 1953
Painting

Collection: Local traffic
Keyword: Resistance 
Tribute to: Auerbach, Frank