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Portrait of a US Army liberator by a former concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 1993.169.1

Portrait painting by Aldo Carpi Di Resmini, a former Italian inmate of Mauthausen concentration camp, for Colonel Frank Weaver, who was with the US Army when it liberated the camp.

Date
creation:  1945 July
Geography
creation: Milan (Italy)
Classification
Art
Category
Paintings
Object Type
Portrait painting (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Richard C. Weaver

About This Object

Physical Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Frank M. Weaver in uniform.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 19.375 inches (49.213 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
Materials
overall : canvas, oil paint, wood
Signature
"Aldo Carpi di Resmini R. Accademia Brera Milano Italia" (verso, in paint)
Contributor
Artist: Aldo C. di Resmini
Biography
Aldo Carpi di Resmini was an artist and an Italian inmate at Mauthausen who survived by painting portraits of Nazi officers. See curatorial file, "Artist Tricked Nazis to Escape Death; Painted Madison Man" by Sterling Sorensen.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Richard C. "Doc" Weaver, the son of Frank Weaver.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:47:31
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