Jacob’s Ladder:
Roman Svastika
 
 

2000
A photograph sealed under plexiglass and mounted
(63cm x 94.5cm) Zurich

 

This photograph is a portrait of Margit Széchényi in her Fortuna Antique Galerie, Zurich. She is holding up a Roman brooch piece from the 2nd - 4th Century BC. The ornament, found in the Balkan area is a swastika design that denoted good fortune.

Tanya Ury