Watercolor

Identifier
irn5589
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.246.3
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 19.250 inches (48.895 cm) | Width: 13.110 inches (33.299 cm)

Creator(s)

Archival History

The watercolor painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Severin Wunderman Family.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Severin Wunderman Family

Scope and Content

Watercolor created by Oscar Liedel.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Depicted are figures representing death draped in white and a Nazi officer drinking together in a tavern. A quotation from the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren appears at lower border, La Mort est Saoule Au Cabaret des Trois Cercueils. Framed in a 1" walnut mould enclosing silk mat and glazing. On brown wove paper.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.