Caricature of HIAS worker created by Hungarian refugee

Object | Accession Number: 1996.114.10

Date: 1946 (creation)
Classification: Art
Category: Drawings
Object Type: Caricatures (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anne Gure. In Honor of the Vabalas Family, four people to whom I owe my survival. In Memory of my grandmother Basia Kantorovich and Aunt Cilia and my friend Julia Garfunkel who all perished in the Grosse Aktion [sic], October 28, 1941.

Physical Description: Drawing in charcoal and paint on paper of a caricature of a blonde haired woman wearing a HIAS uniform running and holding large net, people caught in net, around her: buildings and people made of prisoner identification cards being reunited with others.
Dimensions: overall : 9.875 x 13.750 in. (25.083 x 34.925 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, paint, charcoal
Contributor: Artist: Gyuri Fejer
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Anne Gure.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:51
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