1 from a series of 14 wartime prints by a Hungarian Jewish artist honoring the Jewish holidays
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
Creator(s)
- Imre Amos (Artist)
- Orszagos Magyar Zsido Segito Akcio [National Hungarian Jewish Aid Action] (Publisher)
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
- Amos, Imre, 1907-1944.
Subjects
- Fasts and feasts--Judaism--Pictorial works.
- Art, Modern--20th century.
- Jewish artists--Hungary.
Genre
- Art
- Object
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