Physical Description
Image of three men leading a horse, followed by three men; they all walk away from the viewer towards large doors at the end of a tunnel/stable?; all of the figures wear long coats
Dimensions
overall: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 14.120 inches (35.865 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink, adhesive, cardboard
Signature
Penciled below image "William Sharp"
Inscription
Penciled below image "'Provision' (The Wall)"; penciled lower left corner "5"; verso, typed paper label "192"
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.