Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Created by Miriam Sommerburg, 1944, Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, Oswego, New York. Margarete Loewenberg. The print was sent to Margarete Loewenberg, in thanks for gathering clothing and supplies for Miriam Sommerburg.
- Artwork Title
- Street in Fort Ontario under Snow
- Series Title
- 3 in a series of 4
- Date
-
creation:
1944
- Geography
-
creation:
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter;
Oswego (N.Y.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of J. Joseph Loewenberg in honor of Ernst and Margarete Loewenberg
- Contributor
-
Artist:
Miriam Sommerburg
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Prints
- Object Type
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Wood-engraving (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- brown ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, graphite
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The woodcut was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by J. Joseph Loewenberg.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:11
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1146
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Also in Miriam Sommerburg collection
The collection consist of 4 wood-engravings and one linocut created by Miriam Sommerburg in 1944 in the Fort Ontario Emergency Relief Shelter in Oswego, NY.
Date: 1944
Woodcut
Object
Created by Miriam Sommerburg, 1944, Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, Oswego, New York. The print was sent to Margarete Loewenberg, in thanks for gathering clothing and supplies for Miriam Sommerburg.
Woodcut
Object
Created by Miriam Sommerburg, 1944, Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, Oswego, New York. Margarete Loewenberg. The print was sent to Margarete Loewenberg, in thanks for gathering clothing and supplies for Miriam Sommerburg.
Woodcut
Object
Created by Miriam Sommerburg, 1944, Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, Oswego, New York. Margarete Loewenberg. The print was sent to Margarete Loewenberg, in thanks for gathering clothing and supplies for Miriam Sommerburg.
Linocut
Object
Created by Miriam Sommerburg, 1944, Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, Oswego, New York. Margarete Loewenberg. The print was sent to Margarete Loewenberg, in thanks for gathering clothing and supplies for Miriam Sommerburg.
