Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 28.000 inches (71.12 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 men in striped uniforms in barracks; at foreground, a man on a bottom bunk is reaching up to a man sitting on a center book, handing something to him; men seated on barracks and walking in background; writing in black in bottom right corner; canvas stapled to wood frame.
Subjects
- Ex-concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Genre
- Art
- Object