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Album of 26 black and white linocuts of scenes from a detention camp in Cyprus

Object | Accession Number: 2002.340.1

Date: creation: 1948 March 13
Geography: depiction: British detention camp; Cyprus
Language: Hebrew
English
Classification: Art
Category: Prints
Object Type: Linocuts (tgm)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jessie Hook

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.
Topical Term: Refugee camps--Cyprus--1940-1950.
Refugees--Cyprus--1940-1950.
Barracks--Cyprus--1940-1950.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The linocuts were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Jessie Hook.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:29:16
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