Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Watercolor portrait of a young boy created by Samuel Bak while in the Vilna ghetto. It was later entrusted to Abraham Sutzkever.
- Title
- Portrait of a young boy
- Date
-
creation:
1943
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Contributor
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Samuel Bak
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
-
Paintings
- Object Type
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Watercolor painting (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Art.
- Physical Description
- Rectangular watercolor of a portrait of a young boy
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.535 inches (29.299 cm) | Width: 8.780 inches (22.301 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, watercolor, cardboard, ink, pencil
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum has made reasonable efforts but is not able to determine the copyright status of some or all of the material(s) in this collection, or identify and/or locate the potential copyright owner(s). The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but it cannot provide any information to the user about the status of the copyright(s). The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vilna (Poland)
- Personal Name
- Bak, Samuel.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The watercolor was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 from Hadas Sutzkever Kalderon, granddaughter of Abraham Sutzkever.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-24 16:10:47
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn755177
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