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Antisemitic caricature of a Jewish clothing salesmen hustling customers

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.478

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    Antisemitic caricature of a Jewish clothing salesmen hustling customers

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Print of an antisemitic caricature by Eugene Zimmerman, published in late 19th century New York. It has a cartoon panel detailing stereotyped, unscrupulous practices by Jewish salesman preying on unsuspecting window shoppers. This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Artwork Title
    The Latest Dodge in Baxter Street
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1887
    Geography
    publication: New York (N.Y.)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Artist: Eugene Zimmerman
    Publisher: Judge Publishing Company
    Biography
    The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Prints
    Object Type
    Caricature (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Color print depicting a detailed, six panel cartoon framed within a storefront frame. The top 3 panels depict the unwary window shopper; the 3 bottom panels depicts 2 Jewish salesman plotting. As the policeman looks in the store window, a trap door opens beneath him, and he falls into the basement where the 2 salesmen wait and then fit him with a suit. Filling the left side, next to the storefront, is a man is a mismatched plaid suit and worn shoes. He has Jewish features, a large nose and curly hair, and his hands are poised like grasping claws; below him is the caption: THE PULLER-IN OF THE PAST; on the right side is a simple faced man in an ill fitting raincoat, with an umbrella and carpetbag, captioned THE PREY. The artist's name Zimmerman is printed on the left and the publisher, Judge, at the top.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2023-09-15 10:17:04
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