Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- 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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Prints
- Object Type
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Concentration camps in art (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Woodcut print with an image of a concentration camp inmate slouched over barbed wire. It is stored in faded pink paper portfolio.
- Dimensions
- Height: 7.200 inches (18.288 cm) | Width: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
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 print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Johanna Krause, the wife of Max Kraus.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-16 10:00:41
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn3937
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