Watercolor

Object | Accession Number: 1991.246.1

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

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 : 14.250 x 19.760 in. (36.195 x 50.19 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, gouache
Signature: and dated at lower right O. Liedel
Contributor: Artist: Oscar Liedel
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The watercolor painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Severin Wunderman Family.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:05:27
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