Watercolor view of Drancy transit camp by an inmate

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Watercolor on thick paper depicting a panoramic view of an internment camp with a street and barbed wire fence extending diagonally down the left side. On the right is a group of people gathered in a multicolored plaza in front of 2 red brick barracks with gray gabled roofs. Behind them is a large, gray, 5 story block building with rows of windows and doors and a green field on right. On the opposite side of the street is a multicolored field. A line of tall trees screens a town of overlapping white buildings with red roofs in the background under a partially colored blue sky. The artist’s mark, location, and date are at the bottom. There are brown stains across the top and 2 black ink stamps on back.

back, top left corner, pencil : ERLH 93 back, top right corner, pencil : No 157 back, left, stamped, black ink : STE FRANCO – AMERICAINE / PUBLI – AS / S.A.R.L. AU CAPITAL DE 50 MILLIONS / 121. RU? ??AUMUR / CEN. 00 – 01 [Franco - American Publi – AS Limited Liability Company, Societe a responsabilite limitee] back, right, stamped, black ink : STE FRANCO – AMERICAINE / I – AS / DE 50 MILLIONS / AUMUR / [CEN.] 00 – 01