Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Aquatint created for John Hersey's The Wall.
- Artwork Title
- Burying of the Torah
- Series Title
- 6 in a series of 12
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Sharp
- Signature
- Penciled below image "William Sharp"
- Contributor
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Artist:
William Sharp
- Biography
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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.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Prints
- Object Type
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Aquatint (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Image of two men digging a grave in a Jewish cemetary; one man stands watching them, holding a Torah; tombstones with Stars of David, scrolls, and hands are visible behind them; two leafless trees and a cart are in the background
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) - Materials
- overall : paper, ink, adhesive
- Inscription
- Penciled below image "'Burying the Torah' (The Wall"; verso, upper left corner, typed paper label "220"
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The aquatint was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-29 07:54:10
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn993
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The collection consists of twelve original illustrations by William Sharp for John Hersey's The Wall.