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Watercolor

Object | Accession Number: 1991.246.1

Watercolor created by Oscar Liedel, 1945

Artwork Title
La Chambre a Gaz
Date
creation:  1945
Classification
Art
Category
Paintings
Object Type
Watercolor painting (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Severin Wunderman Family

About This Object

Physical Description
Depicted is a figure representing death, draped in red with Nazi swastika emblem at door to the gas chamber, unclothed Jews being sent to death. Framed in a 1" walnut mould enclosing silk mat and glazing.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm) | Width: 19.760 inches (50.19 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, gouache
Signature
and dated at lower right O. Liedel
Contributor
Artist: Oscar Liedel

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The watercolor painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Severin Wunderman Family.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-04-21 12:48:35
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Also in Severin Wunderman family collection

The collection consists of three watercolors created by Oscar Liedel, and a book titled "La Guerre et L'Occupation Vues".

Watercolor

Object

Watercolor created by Oscar Liedel.

Watercolor

Object

Watercolor created by Oscar Liedel.

Book

Publication

Limited edition of 26 copies Hors-Commerce lettered A-Z and 500 copies on Papier D'Arches numbered 1-500; this copy unnumbered.

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