Drawing by William Sharp

Object | Accession Number: 1995.132.3

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

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Physical Description: Image of man with glasses and mustache wearing a suit and tie, raised right hand as if taking an oath in court.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm)
Materials: overall : charcoal, ink, graphite, paper
Markings: Recto: bottom left corner, underneath signature, something written in graphite that has been erased. Verso, in graphite: "120" in upper right corner
Signature: Signed and dated lower left corner
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.
Topical Term: Anti-Nazi movement--United States--Political cartoons.
Newspapers--New York (State)--New York--Political cartoons.
Personal Name: Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Corporate Name: PM (New York, N.Y.)--Political cartoons.
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
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