Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family and relates to their experiences while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao between 1939 and 1945. Small sketches in a style similar to that used in the sketchbook appear in many of the letters between family members also found in the collection.
- Date
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use:
approximately 1939-approximately 1945
- Geography
-
use:
Netherlands
use: Curaçao
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Heske Zelermyer
Physical Details
- Language
- Dutch
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Sketchbooks (aat)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular sketchbook full of sketches of people in pencil, colored pencil, and ink on tan paper bound within well-worn, tan, cloth-covered, cardboard covers. The images are done in a loose style and do not appear to relate to one another directly. Several pages bear Dutch text, and others are cut to varying widths or have sections cut from them. Several other pages have come loose, and a few loose pages from other sources have been tucked into this book. The sketchbook has a cloth loop to hold a writing utensil at the top center of the back cover, and was once fastened by a cloth band that stretched from the back cover to the front, passing over the top and bottom of the short side. This band is partially detached and was likely once elasticized.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 4.528 inches (11.501 cm) | Width: 7.185 inches (18.25 cm) | Depth: 0.689 inches (1.75 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, cardboard, paper, string, ink, pencil, colored pencil
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Netherlands Curaçao
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The sketchbook was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Heske Levie Zelermyer, daughter of Benno M. Levisson.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-21 15:04:08
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Also in Levisson family collection
The collection consists of sketchbooks with hand-colored drawings, correspondence, documents, identity papers, and geneological materials relating to the experiences of the Levisson family, particularly Benno M. Levisson, while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Date: 1907-1989
Levisson family papers
Document
The papers consist of primarily Dutch and English language correspondence, identity papers, and government and family documents relating to the experiences of the Levisson family, particularly Benno M. Levisson, while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao between 1939 and 1945. The materials also include some photographs, family trees, short personal statements, and receipts. There are also some articles and newspaper clippings, from the same period, and later in the century. Many of the letters between family members include small sketches in a style similar to that used by the artist of several sketchbooks also found in the collection.
Sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family
Object
The sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family and relates to their experiences while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao between 1939 and 1945. Small sketches in a style similar to that used in the sketchbook appear in many of the letters between family members also found in the collection.
Sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family
Object
The sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family and relates to their experiences while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao between 1939 and 1945. Small sketches in a style similar to that used in the sketchbook appear in many of the letters between family members also found in the collection.
