Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of artwork created by Albert Dov Sigal relating to his experiences in a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948 where he and his family were held after the ship on which they sailed from Romania to Palestine was captured by the British Navy.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Rose Sigal Ibsen, the widow of Albert Dov Sigal.
Browse 6 Items In This Collection
Albert Dov Sigal watercolor painting of men seated in a tent in a detention camp created during his imprisonment
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.1
creation: British detention camp; Cyprus
depiction: 1948 January-1948 February
Albert Dov Sigal multicolored lithograph of a young woman, holding an infant, with her family on a golden road, based upon his experience as a refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.2
creation: Palestine
depiction: 1948 February 22
Albert Dov Sigal etching of 2 men at the detention camp fence created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.3
creation: Palestine
depiction: 1948 January-1948 February
Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of a young woman, holding an infant, with her family near the seaside based upon his experience as a refugee
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.4
creation: Palestine
depiction: 1948 February 22
Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of men near a metal hut in a detention camp created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.5
creation: Israel
depiction: 1948 January-1948 February
Albert Dov Sigal monochrome sepia etching of people in a detention camp tent created from a drawing done during his imprisonment
Object | Accession Number: 1990.242.6
creation: Israel
depiction: 1947 December
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