Portrait created by a Dutch internee at Drancy transit camp

Object | Accession Number: 2016.278.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Portrait drawing of an unidentified man created by Max Van Dam, a Dutch artist, during his internment at Drancy transit camp in German occupied Paris, France, in February 1943. Van Dam was later deported to Sobibor killing center, where he perished.
Artwork Title: Man in a Beret, Drancy, February 1943
Date: creation: 1943 February
Geography: creation: Drancy (Concentration camp); Drancy (France)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Signature: lower right corner

Language: French
Classification: Art
Category: Drawings
Object Type: Portrait drawing (lcsh)
Physical Description: Portrait drawing in charcoal, pastel and pencil on paper of the face of an unidentified male wearing a beret. The paper is mounted on cardboard.
Dimensions: pictorial area: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, cardboard
Inscription: front, pencil : Fevr. '43 / Drancy

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to this material. The Museum may not own the copyright for this material and may not have authority to authorize use. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.