1 from a series of 14 wartime prints by a Hungarian Jewish artist honoring the Jewish holidays

Identifier
irn525001
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.309.3
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)

Creator(s)

Archival History

The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Ann Gabor Arancio.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ann Gabor Arancio

Scope and Content

Print from an album of fourteen printed linocuts titled Zsido Unnepek [Jewish Feasts] created by Imre Amos (1907-1944), a Hungarian Jewish artist who perished in Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany. This is one of 150 sets published in 1940. Amos was assigned several times to forced labor battalions from 1940-1944. Between assignments he returned home and continued to produce and exhibit his art, with his wife Margit Anna, a painter.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Black ink on off-white paper

People

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.