Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Multi-colored pastel by Leon Taregt depicting an abstract image of a female dancer kneeling down, leaning backward, and extending one arm upward and one arm downward against a reddish-brown background. The pastel is of a French post-war ballet about the Holocaust.
- Artwork Title
- La jeune fille
- Subtitle
- je lamente dans le camp de concentration
- Date
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1949-1951
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard Zar
- Contributor
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Leon Target
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
-
Drawings
- Object Type
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Pastel drawing (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pastel was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Howard Zar.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 13:56:07
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511731
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Date: 1949-1951
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