Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Aquatint by William Sharp depicting American response to the Holocaust.
- Artwork Title
- Protective Custody
- Date
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approximately 1930-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Sharp
- Markings
- Recto, of print, lower left corner, "x-173", in graphite. Verso, of print, upper left corner, in graphite, "1."
- Signature
- lower right corner below image, in graphite, "William Sharp"
- Contributor
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Artist:
William Sharp
- Biography
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Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Prints
- Object Type
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Aquatint (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a) Exterior view, image of three men, one bearded, standing behind a barbed wire fence. Tape verso at upper left and rigth corners.
b) gray paper backing with tape residue (appears as if print was mounted on it at one time) - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.980 inches (27.889 cm) | Width: 14.020 inches (35.611 cm)
- Materials
- overall : ink, paper, graphite, adhesive
- Inscription
- lower left corner of image, in graphite, ` "Protective Custody" '
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The aquatint was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:29
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8903
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The collection consists of two artworks created by William Sharp, a political cartoonist who left Nazi Germany for the United States in 1933.
Date: after 1933-before 1945
Oil painting depicting the American response to the Holocaust
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Oil painting, American response, created by William Sharp, in the United States.
