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Watercolor

Object | Accession Number: 1991.246.1

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Watercolor created by Oscar Liedel, 1945
    Artwork Title
    La Chambre a Gaz
    Date
    creation:  1945
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Severin Wunderman Family
    Signature
    and dated at lower right O. Liedel
    Contributor
    Artist: Oscar Liedel

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Paintings
    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

    Rights & Restrictions

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

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The watercolor painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by the Severin Wunderman Family.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:21:43
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