Drawing by William Sharp

Object | Accession Number: 1995.132.44

Artwork Title: The Day of Resurrection Will Come
Date: creation: approximately 1930-1945
Language: English
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 a Nazi soldier standing on a pile of dead bodies. Verso: white adhesive label with "6" typewritten on it in upper left corner.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 16.380 inches (41.605 cm) | Width: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, graphite, tempera
Markings: Recto: possible crop marks along bottom and right edges in graphite.
Signature: in ink, lower right corner of image "Sharp"
Inscription: Recto: in graphite, center of upper edge "HOSTAGES" crossed out; lower left corner ,in erased graphite "----- dead shall arise"; "THE DAY OF RESSURRECTION WILL COME", in graphite, center of bottom edge.
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 18:22:41
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