Watercolor
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.650 inches (29.591 cm) | Width: 8.030 inches (20.396 cm)
Creator(s)
- Zdenka Eismannova (Artist)
Biographical History
Zdenka Eismannova was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), in 1897. She was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in September 1942. Nine months later, on September 6, 1943, she was transferred to Auschwitz, where she is presumed to have perished.
Archival History
The watercolor painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Ron Neulinger.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ron Neulinger
Scope and Content
Watercolor on paper created by Zdenka Eismannova while she was interned in Theresienstadt; image shows interior scene of the women's barracks; originally housed in a carved wooden album depicting a view of Prague [front] and designs [back]. The artist, Zdenka Eismannova, born in Prague in 1897, was deported to Theresienstadt in September 1942. From there she was deported on June 9, 1943 to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland where she is presumed to have perished.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Watercolor on paper; portrait view; image shows wooden barracks with ladders; women are seated on top and bottom bunks; top of arch and wall visible in background; "Z. EISMANNOVA / 1943" at bottom left; paper has holes across top; adhesive residue over reverse.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Concentration camps--Czechoslovakia--Pictorial works.
- Women concentration camp inmates--Biography.
- Concentration camp inmates as artists--Czechoslovakia.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
Genre
- Object
- Art