Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Plate created by Mieczyslaw Koscielniak, 1944, Auschwitz concentration camp. Lithograph etching produced from a plate made by Mieczyslaw Koscielniak while interned in Auschwitz.
- Date
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creation:
1944
- Geography
-
creation:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
Oświęcim (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- Signature
- bottom left corner of printing plate, "MK"
- Contributor
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Artist:
Mieczyslaw Koscielniak
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Prints
- Object Type
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Lithographs (aat)
- Physical Description
- Image depicts two prisoners; one kneels over the other who appears to be dead; the kneeling figure wears clothing with a triangle and prisoner number; paper unsigned and un-numbered.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 21.060 inches (53.492 cm) | Width: 15.430 inches (39.192 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 lithogragh was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 12:47:25
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