Fragment from The Rape of Fräulein

Helen Livingston Broome (1926‑2022) — National Socialist armband formerly incorporated into the assemblage

A surviving element from Broom's large-scale assemblage The Rape of Fräulein, a work considering the rise of National Socialism and its consequences through original historical material, found objects and figurative imagery. The assemblage was subsequently damaged in a storm in France. This armband is one of a number of surviving elements retained from the work. Offered here is the armband fragment only. The accompanying archival images are included for documentary and art-historical context and do not form part of the present sale. Presented for its art-historical and documentary context.

Helen Livingston Broome, New York; incorporated into The Rape of Fräulein; retained following damage to the assemblage in France; the artist's estate; thence to the present owner.

Mark Clark, “Helen Livingston-Broome,” Art Papers, May 1989, review of Smithsonian Icons, Wake Forest Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem. The review discusses The Rape of Fräulein and records the use of original Nazi material, including armbands.

From the surviving fragments of The Rape of Fräulein. Sale comprises the armband fragment only; archival images of the larger assemblage and of Helen Livingston Broome are included for context.