Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate

Identifier
irn43992
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.161.3
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

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)

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

Genre

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