Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Moshe Matarasso
- Contributor
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Artist:
Moshe Matarasso
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Oil paintings (visual works) (aat)
- 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
Rights & Restrictions
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Ex-concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Moshe Matarasso.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:59
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43992
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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.
Date: approximately 1944-1946
Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Object
Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
Autobiographical painting created postwar by a former concentraton camp inmate
Object
Painting created post-war by Moshe Matarasso relating to his memories of the Holocaust.
Wood link pieces created by a concentration camp inmate
Object
Handmade work of wood links created by Moshe Matarasso while in a concentration camp
Moshe Matarasso papers
Document
Collection of photos belonging to Jacques Matarassa (donor's uncle), and one identity card dated 1945.
