Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2011.161.3

Classification: Art
Category: Paintings
Object Type: Oil paintings (visual works) (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Moshe Matarasso

Physical Description: Painting; oil on canvas; image of men in striped uniforms in barracks; at foreground, a man on a bottom bunk is reaching up to a man sitting on a center book, handing something to him; men seated on barracks and walking in background; writing in black in bottom right corner; canvas stapled to wood frame.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Materials: overall : oil paint, canvas, wood
Contributor: Artist: Moshe Matarasso
Topical Term: Ex-concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Moshe Matarasso.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
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Also in Moshe Matarasso collection

The collection consists of three paintings, handcrafted woodlinks, a document, and photographs relating to the experiences of Moshe Matarasso during and after the Holocaust.