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Drawing by William Sharp

Object | Accession Number: 1995.132.10

1995.132.10 front
Drawing by William Sharp

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Date: creation: 1933
Language: German
Classification: Art
Category: Drawings
Object Type: Drawing (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harold Shachner

Physical Description: Image of street face with tow men going into a shop. Various shop signs read, "Gebr. Engel Hosen, Jacken en gross en detail, Prima Dauerwellen-Biezenbad, Dredithous Nosser, Agentur Buch"
Dimensions: overall: Height: 13.620 inches (34.595 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, charcoal, ink, graphite, crayon
Markings: Verso, in graphite: "107" in top left corner; "R" in top right corner
Signature: Signed and dated lower right corner of image/sheet
Contributor: Artist: William Sharp
Biography: 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.
Personal Name: Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:22:40
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