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

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 34502

Overview

Caption: 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

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

Keyword: ARTISTS BEACHES CONCENTRATION CAMPS INTERNMENT CAMPS OCEANS/SEAS PRISON PASTIMES PRISONERS SAINT CYPRIEN SCHWESIG, KARL
Photo Designation: TRANSIT CAMPS/INTERNMENT CAMPS -- France -- Saint Cyprien