Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Posthumous, linocut print, "Der Karren geht abwärts," made from the printing block created by Julo Levin in 1941. The print was made from the original linoleum block in 1990. Levin who was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Artwork Title
- Der Karren geht abwärts
- Alternate Title
- The cart goes downhill
- Date
-
creation:
1990
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dr. Gerd Gruber
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Art
- Category
-
Prints
- Object Type
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Linocuts (tgm)
- Physical Description
- Linocut print in black ink depicting a horse-drawn cart passing by houses.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.614 inches (29.5 cm) | Width: 8.268 inches (21.001 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The copyright lies with the respective authors/artists, publishers or their descendants. In this case the copyright holders would be the heirs of the artist, Julo Levin. Julo Levin was murdered in Auschwitz.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Dr. Gerd Gruber.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-06 09:03:24
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn757604
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Also in Dr. Gerd Gruber collection
The collection consists of two, posthumous, postwar prints, "Der Karren geht abwärts“ and "Endlich,“ made from original printing blocks created by Julo Levin and Herbert Sandberg, respectively, during and just after the Holocaust.
Date: 1941-1991
Posthumous, woodcut print from the original printing block by Herbert Sandberg
Object
Posthumous, woodcut print, "Endlich" or "Endlich frei" ("Free at last"), made from the woodcut block created by Herbert Sandberg in 1948. The print was made from the original block in 1990 or 1991. Sandberg had a Jewish father and was imprisoned in Brandenburg-Görden, at RSHA in Berlin, and Buchenwald concentration camp because of his active resistance and membership in the KPD.
