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Prewar portrait of a Jewish Polish man

Object | Accession Number: 2015.239.3
2015.239.3 front Prewar portrait of a Jewish Polish man Click to enlarge

Pencil portrait of Adam Emil Biederman.

Artwork Title
Portrait of Adam Emil Biederman
Date
creation:  approximately 1920
Classification
Art
Category
Drawings
Object Type
Portrait drawing, Polish (lcsh)
Extent
1 drawing.
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Janina Jasinska Luterek in memory of her family

About This Object

Physical Description
Pencil drawing on thin, light brown paper of a young boy. It is signed and dated in the lower right corner, but the final digit of the year is illegible.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, crayon, pencil

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The portrait drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Janina Jasinska Luterek.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:43:31
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Also in Janina Jasinska Luterek family collection

The collection consists of two drawings, three handkerchiefs, and photographs relating to the experiences of Janina Jakubowicz and her family before, during, and after World War II in Poland.

Child's drawing of a woman made for his grandmother

Child's drawing of a woman made for his grandmother

Object

Drawing done by Tadeusz Jakubowicz for his grandmother.

Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Object

Part of the items given to the donor by her mother for safekeeping.

Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Object

Part of the items given to the donor by her mother for safekeeping.

Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Object

Part of the items given to the donor by her mother for safekeeping.

Janina Jasinska Luterek collection

Document

Contains photographs of Janina Jakubowicz and her family before the war in Tomaszow Mazowieck, Sosnowiec, and other localities. Includes photographs depicting Janina during the war in Warsaw, including portraits done in a photo booth for a false ID, photos with her father in Legionowo in 1942-1943, and postwar images showing Janina in Warsaw as a student in high school and in Art Academy and members of family who survived.

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