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

Object | Accession Number: 1993.169.1

Date: 1945 July (creation)
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

Physical Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Frank M. Weaver in uniform.
Dimensions: overall : 19.375 x 13.750 in. (49.213 x 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
Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
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.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:05:27
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