Physical Description
Image of a man half in a manhole; another man's head is partially visible already inside the manhole; the sewer cover lies in the street; three people are walking towards a truck, one person is climbing into the back; buildings burn behind a wall in the background
Dimensions
overall : 14.000 x 10.000 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm.)
pictorial area : 7.500 x 4.750 in. (19.05 x 12.065 cm.)
Materials
overall : paper, ink, adhesive, cardboard
Signature
Penciled below image "William Sharp"
Inscription
Penciled below image "'Escape'(The Wall)"; penciled lower left corner of mat "15"; verso, paper label "540"
Contributor
Artist:
William Sharp
Biography
Leon Schliefer 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.