Exhibition catalog
Creator(s)
- Hieronymus Hess (Artist)
- H. Besson (Publisher)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The portfolio was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Catalog for an anniversary exhibition of 32 works by Hieronymus Hess (1799-1850), in the Kunsthalle Basel. Hess was Swiss painter, caricaturist, and model maker, active in Naples and Germany, as well as Basel. From 1828-1934, Hess was known for his collaborations with Anton Sohn, who had a terracotta figurine workshop in Zizenhausen (Baden), Germany. Hess made models of works by Basel painter Johann Rudolf Brenner for Sohn's exceptionally detailed and elaborate tableaux. The subject matter ranged widely and included genre and satirical groups on popular, topical themes, and religious figurines. This portfolio is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Book ; 32 plates [9.500 x 12.625] ; 34 cm. Cover: 32 Platt in Bilddruck Hieronymous Hess 1799-1850 Title page: Erinnerung an die Jubiläumsausstellung vom Hieronymous Hess geb: 15. April 1799 gest: 8. Juni 1850, Baselstab (Carricactur von Hess) vom 29. Oktober - 26. November in der Kunsthalle in Basel. 32 Bilder in Lichtdruck, Druck & Verlag H. Besson, Lichtdruckanstalt, Basel.
People
- Hess, Hieronymous,--1799-1850--Exhibitions.
Subjects
- Artists--Switzerland--Basel--Biography.
- Swiss wit and humor, Pictorial.
- Engravings--Switzerland--19th century.
- Caricatures and cartoons--Switzerland.
- Basel (Switzerland)--Social life and customs--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Art, Swiss--19th century.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials