Herbert Sandberg collection

Identifier: irn521124
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of seventy aquatints for the series Der Weg created by Herbert Sandberg on commission from 1958-1965 for the Buchenwald Museum in East Germany (now Germany) on the site of the concentration camp where he had been imprisoned during the Holocaust and incorporating work he had drawn while an inmate.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 70

You shall have a better life The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 1, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: young painter being told to pursue money not art
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513938
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg about his youthful decision to become an artist, not a banker, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the ...
In the Jungle of the Stools The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 2, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: youth carryies books past men hunched over desks
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn513939
- English
- 1963
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg about his youthful decision to become an artist, not a banker, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Path], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the...
The View Plate 3, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: youth looking out window of a crowded train
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521127
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg about his youthful decision to become an artist, not a banker, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Path), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the...
Sunrise Plate 4, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: 2 young men hike toward a rising sun
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521129
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of his youthful self and the delight and transcendance he found in nature. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Path), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the camps. The main secti...
Wayfarers Plate 5, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: people watching spirits dancing within a campfire
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521130
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of his youthful self and the delight and transcendance he found in nature. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Path), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the camps. The main secti...
How Most Live Plate 6, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: 2 people passing silhouetted workers leaving a factory
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521131
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.875 inches (40.323 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg about what his life might have been like if he had not become an artist, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Path], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immoral...
When I think of Germany at Night Plate 7, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: man reciting Heine to young boys
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521132
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of himself as a young boy, listening to a teacher recite Heine. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Path), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the camps. The main sections are: pr...
The Discovery Plate 8, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: youth looks with longing at a bookstore window
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521133
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of his younger self and his growing conviction that he must become an artist, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Path), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and im...
Spring Awakening Plate 9, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: boy discovers artistic inspiration
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521134
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of his younger self discovering "Die Freude Monatshefte fur deutsche Innerlichkeit [The Joy, Monthly Journal for German Inner Life], an avant garde journal. During this time, he was understanding that he must become an artist, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Path), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a...
Plate 10, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: two youth listening to a trio of Christian street singers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521136
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of his younger self and his growing conviction that he must become an artist, despite his father's disapproval. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Path], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and im...
Alms The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 11, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: hand giving 500 million mark note to a beggar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521137
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint by Herbert Sandberg about his experiences during the monetary crisis in 1920s Germany. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Path], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the camps. The main sections are: prints ...
The Skinny Ones The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 12, Herbert Sandberg, Der Weg: street scene with starving veterans and working class people
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521138
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Satiric aquatint, Die Dunnen, created by Herbert Sandberg depicting the poverty and starvation of the working class and war veterans, and the cruel and greedy moneyed classes that he observed in Berlin. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by...
The Fat Ones The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 13, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: Mercury tossing money from a gun shell on fat businessmen
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521139
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Satiric aquatint created by Herbert Sandberg of the mythic god Mercury enriching fat, already wealthy, businessmen with the profits of war. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality o...
Hunger Spoils the Appetite The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 14, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: a piglike man yells at a hungry girl for ruining his dinner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521141
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Satiric aquatint, Hunger verdirbt den Appetit, created by Herbert Sandberg depicting a piglike, wealthy glutton berating a poor starving woman. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorali...
Shared Joy The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 15, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: portrait of the artist when young sharing his bread with a starving man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521142
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint, Geteilte Freude, created by Herbert Sandberg depicting his younger self sharing his bread with a starving man. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Way), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the camps. The ma...
The Way 70 Aquatints-Etchings Plate 16, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: young man looks with dismay at men drinking in a bar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521144
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint, Im Skatcellar, created by Herbert Sandberg depicting his younger self looking with dismay at men drinking, yelling, and playing cards inside a pub. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horror...
Fools Plate 17, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: young man makes a fool of himself in a bar
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521145
- English
- 1962-1964
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint, Narren, created by Herbert Sandberg depicting his younger self, this time carousing in the bar with the working class men he looked down on in 1988.12.16. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the...
Beauty and Trust Plate 18, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: sleeping nude goddess and a homeless man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521146
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint, Schonheit and Wahrheit, created by Herbert Sandberg of a beautiful statuelike woman on a pedestal and a poor, starving man sleeping on a bench. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors an...
Nobility of Nudity Plate 19, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: a parade of nudes of different types
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521147
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint, Adel der Nacktheit, created by Herbert Sandberg depicting nude models, a memory of his life drawing classes as an art student. It is one in the series, Der Weg [The Way], a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of t...
Undisturbed Circulation Plate 20, Herbert Sandberg series, Der Weg: young man and woman kissing
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521148
- English
- 1962
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aquatint, Ungestorter Kreislauf, created by Herbert Sandberg of his younger self kissing a girl. It is one in the series, Der Weg (The Way), a limited edition of 70 intaglio prints created from 1958-1965 for Buchenwald Museum for the 20th anniversary of liberation. Sandberg was imprisoned for 11 years by the Nazi regime, 7 under brutal conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp. Der Weg is a comprehensive autobiographical cycle, made to remind people of the day to day life destroyed by the Nazi dictatorship, as well as the horrors and immorality of the camps. The main sections are: prints ...