Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The drawing was created in the Łódź Ghetto.
- Artwork Title
- Häuser [Block of Houses]
- Date
-
creation:
1940
- Geography
-
creation:
Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland);
Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Samuel Hollander "Memories are etched in black-and-white, while tears slowly fade to gray."
- Contributor
-
Artist:
Herschel Szylis
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
-
Drawings
- Object Type
-
Drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Framed; black and white charcoal chalk on brown paper; images of houses on a street in the Łódź Ghetto.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 33.750 inches (85.725 cm) | Width: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm)
- Materials
- overall : charcoal, paper
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Samuel Hollander.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:29
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8892
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