Wooden sign with a painted butterfly made from trash found in postwar Berlin
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm) | Depth: 0.688 inches (1.748 cm)
Archival History
The sign was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Susan Ramos and her sons Zack Midulla and Jacob Ramos.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Ramos, Zack Midulla and Jacob Ramos In loving memory of donor's nephew, Jordan Levine
Scope and Content
Wooden sign with butterfly made of rubble found in the ruins of Berlin; verso: typed page affixed with explanation: in the summer of 1945 a small group of friends, painters and designers and decided to create something out of the ruins. The light blue came from tiles of a delicatessen store on Potsdamer Platz and the red brown came from bricks of an old building on Wilhelmstrasse.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Iimage of a polychrome butterfly on board with handwritten inscription in black ink. Paper is affixed to verso with descriptive typed text.
Genre
- Object
- Decorative Arts