Aquatint
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
Creator(s)
- William Sharp (Artist)
Biographical History
Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
Archival History
The aquatint was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Sharp
Scope and Content
Aquatint created for John Hersey's The Wall.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Image of a man walking down the middle of the street playing a concertina, his ear pressed to the instrument; the man is appears to be almost as tall as the buildings behind him; buildings are burning in the background
Penciled below image "'The Erlkönig' (The Wall)"; penciled in lower right corner "XVII"; verso of mat, upper right corner, typed paper label "524"
Genre
- Object
- Art