Pencil drawing of 5 people sitting amongst tall gravestones
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Mark Talisman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Talisman
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Small pencil drawing on paper attached to a gray paper backing (1989.2.137). It depicts the backs of 5 people in long darkly shaded clothes, with hanging heads, sitting on slopping ground in front of a tall rectangular gravestone under a blank sky. In the right background is another tall gravestone and a short wide gravestone on a mound in the distance. In the left background are 3 people in left profile with hanging heads: a figure on left sitting on a foldable chair, and 2 on right sitting on the ground.
Genre
- Art
- Object