Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Photographic portrait of a young man printed onto an oval porcelain frame with a gold paint border. The Agfa storage box and shredded fiber packing material are also included.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dina Modianot-Fox
Physical Details
- Classification
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Photographs
- Physical Description
- Black and white Photographic portrait of a young man, mounted onto an oval porcelain frame with a gold paint border (a). The background surrounding the portrait is tinted a pink color. The original storage box from Agfa, "Ultra Special-Platten" (b: box and c: lid) and shredded fiber packing material (d) are also included.
- Dimensions
- a: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.630 inches (11.76 cm)
b: Height: 0.940 inches (2.388 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 4.880 inches (12.395 cm)
c: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) - Materials
- a : porcelain, paint, ink
b : cardboard
c : cardboard, paper, adhesive
d : fiber
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The portrait was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Dina Modianot-Fox, the daughter of Irene Bourla Modianot.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-23 16:50:18
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn566626
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