Watercolor

Identifier
irn47185
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.411.4
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 11.730 inches (29.794 cm) | Width: 8.070 inches (20.498 cm)

Creator(s)

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; 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 exterior of doorway into large building with people sorting through piles of brown objects on the ground; paper has holes along right side; adhesive residue on reverse.

Subjects

Genre

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