Gouache and pastel painting memorializing the liberation of Dachau concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 1996.128.2

Date: 1946 (creation)
Geography: depiction : Dachau (Concentration camp); Dachau (Germany)
Classification: Art
Category: Paintings
Object Type: Mixed media painting (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Family of Moses Goldberg

Physical Description: image of nude male figure standing with arms outstretched atop grassy mound, in front of edifice in shape of inverted triangle
Dimensions: overall : 12.125 x 9.125 x 2.375 in. (30.798 x 23.178 x 6.032 cm.)
Materials: overall : bristol board, gouache, pastels
Inscription: front, lower left corner, in (gouache?) : DACHAU / 29.4.1945 / 29.4.1946
front, lower right corner, in (gouache?) : 1946. / BREITSAMETER.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Zyppora Goldberg.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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