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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.29

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This happened in 1934 in Oranienburg, where there is a big concentration camp. This was a political prisoner, in "protective custody." Nearly 50,000 persons were sent to those places in that year.
    Artwork Title
    Protective Custody
    Subtitle
    Discipline
    Series Title
    29 in a series of 31
    Date
    creation:  1934
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 27
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    lower right corner of image, in ink, "Wm. Sharp 34."
    Contributor
    Artist: William Sharp
    Biography
    Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Object Type
    Drawing (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Image of man, tied arms over head, back bare, to a post; Nazi soldier stands next to him, grinning, whip in his right hand; lines (whipping bruises) cover the tied man's back; in background, buildings with high chimneys behind fence, bird flying in sky.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 19.920 inches (50.597 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, charcoal, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    bottom edge right of center, in pencil, "Protective Custody"; date in ink, lower right hand corner

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The drawing was aquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
    Record last modified:
    2023-07-06 13:22:20
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