Wooden plate with a carving of a man and a horse made in a DP camp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Diameter: 11.500 inches (29.21 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 man and a horse 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 wooden plate with carved rim and carving in the center depicting a man and a horse. The back has a metal hook attached for hanging on a wall. There are also two thumbtacks, one on either side of the hook.
back, pen : Latvian D.P. Camp, Nord Kaserne, Wurzburg, 1948, The Pupi back, plate: address label
Genre
- Object
- Decorative Arts