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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.7

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    I completed this sketch in Germany. The censor sniffs and sniffs. His ears and scissors miss nothing. You remember Luther threw an inkpot at the devil's head. Since then, the devil has been afraid of ink.
    Artwork Title
    Der Zensor [The Censor]
    Subtitle
    The Freedom of the Press The Censor
    Series Title
    7 in a series of 31
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 21
    Geography
    creation: Germany
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    lower right hand corner, in pencil, "Sharp"; verso lower right corner, in ink, "William Sharp"
    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

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Object Type
    Drawing (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Image of man with big eyes and ears and long nose standing over papers with scissors in hand; erasure on right bottom edge.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 19.760 inches (50.19 cm) | Width: 13.820 inches (35.103 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, charcoal, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    lower left corner, in pencil, "37 Der Zensor"; subtitle "The Freedom of the Press" looks like later addition; erasure on right of bottom edge; verso, upper right corner, in pencil, "59"; center, in pencil, "74"

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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 13:21:51
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