Wooden plate picturing a girl chasing butterflies made in a displaced persons camp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Diameter: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
Archival History
The decorative plate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Barbara, C. Richard, and G. Robert Miller.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara, C. Richard, and G. Robert Miller, in loving memory of their mother Dorothy Jones Miller
Scope and Content
Wooden plate with a carving of a girl chasing butterflies made by Nord Kaserne in the Latvian displaced persons camp in Wurzburg, Germany, in 1948. Nord was a carving teacher at the DP camp, and a pupil at the University of Riga of Nora Drapsche. His painting, Washer woman, is also part of this colllection.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Light wooded plate with carved rim and carving in the center depicting a young girl chasing butterflies. The back has a metal hook attached for hanging on a wall.
back, pen : Latvian D.P. Camp, Nord Kaserne, Wurzburg, 1948, The Teacher
Genre
- Decorative Arts
- Object