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Wooden sign with a painted butterfly made from trash found in postwar Berlin

Object | Accession Number: 1993.100.1
1993.100.1 back Wooden sign with a painted butterfly made from trash found in postwar Berlin Click to enlarge 1993.100.1 front Wooden sign with a painted butterfly made from trash found in postwar Berlin Click to enlarge
Date
1945 July-1945 September  (creation)
after 1945 May  (commemoration)
Geography
creation : Berlin (Germany)
Language
English
Classification
Decorative Arts
Category
Woodwork
Object Type
Painted woodwork (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jean Orloff
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About This Object

Physical Description
Multimedia image of a polychrome butterfly on board with handwritten inscription in black ink. Paper is affixed to verso with descriptive typed text; marked, verso, on typed sheet, with stamped number "L469" in blue.
Dimensions
overall : 9.020 x 9.020 x 0.510 in. (22.911 x 22.911 x 1.295 cm.)
Materials
overall : wood, metal, paper, ink, adhesive, stone, paint, colored pencil
Markings
front, top right, handwritten, black ink : In memory of summer 1945
front, bottom, handwritten, black ink : Made of the rubbish of the ruins of BERLIN

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The plaque was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Jean Orloff.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:48
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