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A prisoner in the Saint Cyprien internment camp paints a picture outside on a sandy beach.

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    A prisoner in the Saint Cyprien internment camp paints a picture outside on a sandy beach.
    A prisoner in the Saint Cyprien internment camp paints a picture outside on a sandy beach.

The artist has been identified as Karl Schwesig. 

The original Hirshhorn Museum caption reads: "An artist attempting to work at St. Cyprien, the concentration camp known as, "the pesthole of the Pyrenees."

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    A prisoner in the Saint Cyprien internment camp paints a picture outside on a sandy beach.

    The artist has been identified as Karl Schwesig.

    The original Hirshhorn Museum caption reads: "An artist attempting to work at St. Cyprien, the concentration camp known as, "the pesthole of the Pyrenees."
    Date
    Circa 1940
    Locale
    Saint Cyprien, [Pyrenees-Orientales] France
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Cynthia Jaffee McCabe

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    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Cynthia Jaffee McCabe
    Second Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    Source Record ID: Collections: 1987.A.82

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    Record last modified:
    2020-05-28 00:00:00
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