Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Album of 26 black and white linocuts of scenes from a detention camp in Cyprus, and with a list of linocuts in Hebrew; black ink inscription in English captioning each interior linocut. This album was drawn, printed, and bound in 120 copies by pupils of the art-class of the Rutenberg Seminar in the Detention Camps of Cypress."
- Date
-
creation:
1948 March 13
- Geography
-
depiction:
British detention camp;
Cyprus
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jessie Hook
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Prints
- Object Type
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Linocuts (tgm)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular form; cardboard cover bound by textile spine; black and white linocut of detention camp scene printed on front cover; interior pages of text in Hebrew, 26 black and white linocuts of scenes from a detention camp in Cyprus, and list of linocuts in Hebrew; black ink inscription in English captioning each interior linocut.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm) | Width: 14.380 inches (36.525 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, cardboard, cloth, adhesive
- Inscription
- fyleaf, handwritten : This album was drawn, printed, and bound in 120 copies by pupils of the art-class of the Rutenberg Seminar in the Detention Camps of Cypress.
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 linocuts were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Jessie Hook.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:16
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