Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Portrait drawing of a woman with a political prisoner badge created by another Polish inmate in Ravensbrück (Ravensbrueck) concentration camp in Germany in 1944.
- Date
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creation:
1944
- Geography
-
creation:
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp);
Ravensbrück (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Portrait drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Pencil portrait of a woman wearing a shirt with a political prisoner patch on the sleeve. She is seated at a table with another woman. The work is framed with mat and glass.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.375 inches (26.353 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, glass, cardboard, pencil, adhesive tape
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Bozenna M. Urbanowicz Gilbride.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:14
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607420
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