During my childhood Gouache created postwar by a former inmate of a people in a transit camp being loaded on a truck
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 12.875 inches (32.703 cm)
Creator(s)
- Maurice Rosen (Artist)
Archival History
The gouache was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Multi-colored gouache created by Maurice Rosen based upon his experiences as a prisoner in Pithiviers transit camp in France.The painting depicts men and women standing on the flatbed of a truck located in front of a barbed-wire fence with soldiers standing nearby.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular paper with a paper mat depicting a multi-colored painted image along the bottom of men and women standing on the flatbed of truck located in front of barbed-wire fence with soldiers standing nearby. The title in French is painted across the top and the artist's signature and French text is handwritten across the center.
front, top, paint : PENDANT mon ENFANCE
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France--Pictorial works.
- Jewish artists--France--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Pithiviers.
- Concentration camps in art--France--Pithiviers.
- Holocaust survivors--France--Biography.
Genre
- Art
- Object