Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Charcoal drawing created by Max Krause, circa 1940-1941, in Dresden, Germany, during Berufsverbot (when it was forbidden to paint). It depicts three men in prison uniforms hanging from a tree.
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1940-1941
- Geography
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creation:
Dresden (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Johanna Krause
- Contributor
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Artist:
Max Krause
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Charcoal drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Image of three figures hanging from a tree attached to mat board and stored in a faded pink paper portfolio.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 16.625 inches (42.228 cm) | Width: 11.900 inches (30.226 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, charcoal, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Johanna Krause.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-16 10:01:33
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn3936
Also in Max Krause collection
The collection consists of two drawings and a woodcut created by Max Krause in Dresden, Germany, during the Holocaust.
Date: 1940-1941
Charcoal drawing of a nude figure praying
Object
Charcoal drawing created by Max Krause, circa 1940-1941, in Dresden, Germany, during Berufsverbot (when it was forbidden to paint). It is an image of a nude figure praying while lying on the ground with arms bent behind head.
Woodcut of a concentration camp inmate slouched over barbed wire
Object
Woodcut created by Max Krause, circa 1940-1941, in Dresden, Germany, during Berufsverbot (when it was forbidden to paint). It is a woodcut print of a concentration camp inmate slouched over barbed wire.
