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Colored pencil drawing of a water pump in the Terezin courtyard

Object | Accession Number: 1989.2.99

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    Brief Narrative
    Drawing of a water pump in the Terezin courtyard created at Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. The camp opened in November 24, 1941 and was in operation about 3.5 years, until May 2, 1945. The German SS imprisoned certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews in the ghetto, including many prominent intellectual or cultural figures. There was a large Technical Department where many artists were assigned to work, creating technical drawings, maps, etc. for the camp administration. Many of them secretly created works documenting the actual overcrowded, disease ridden conditions of the camp. The works were buried or hidden behind walls and recovered postwar. Roughly 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were sent to camps in the east where most died, and about 33,000 perished in Theresienstadt.
    Artwork Title
    Terzinsky dvur s pumpou
    Alternate Title
    Terezin Courtyard with a Pump
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1942-1945
    undated: 
    Geography
    creation: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
    depiction: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Talisman
    Contributor
    Artist: Anna Kampusova

    Physical Details

    Language
    Czech
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Physical Description
    Drawing in pencil on paper depicting a courtyard with indistinct figures in front of a large, shaded, 3 story building. In the foreground are 2 water pumps. Two people are at the right pump, one is pumping the handle and the other is holding a round bowl under the spigot. There is building in the background where people hang clothes over a railing and on clotheslines. In the left foreground is a partial small building and 2 people drawn in pencil, one standing in front of a person in a wheelchair. The drawing is taped to a windowpane mat with a paper taped to the back.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm)
    pictorial area: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, colored pencil, graphite, ink
    Inscription
    mat, back, on paper, black ink : 23. Terezínský dvůr s pumpou 25 [Terezin courtyard with a pump]
    mat, back, top right corner, pencil : KLÁ / ž
    mat, back, top right corner, colored pencil : 23
    mat, back, top right corner, cursive, pencil : Dvorek v ghetu [Yard in the ghetto]

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    Conditions on Use
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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Mark Talisman.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2024-10-03 11:27:17
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