Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 19.600 inches (49.784 cm) | Width: 27.600 inches (70.104 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Creator(s)
- Moshe Matarasso (Artist)
Archival History
The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Moshe Matarasso.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Moshe Matarasso
Scope and Content
Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Painting; oil on canvas; image of woman with five girls, huddled together at riht; man in uniform holding dog on lead at left foreground; more civilians at center and a column of soldiers with jeeps and other vehicles at left; writing in black in bottom right corner; canvas stapled to wood frame.
Subjects
- Ex-concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Genre
- Art
- Object