Charcoal drawing of houses on a street in the Łódź ghetto

Object | Accession Number: 1994.94.1

Artwork Title: Häuser [Block of Houses]
Date: creation: 1940
Geography: creation: Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland); Łódź (Poland)
Classification: Art
Category: Drawings
Object Type: Drawing (lcsh)
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."

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
Contributor: Artist: Herschel Szylis
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Samuel Hollander.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:22:29
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