Sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.528 inches (11.501 cm) | Width: 7.185 inches (18.25 cm) | Depth: 0.689 inches (1.75 cm)
Archival History
The sketchbook was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Heske Levie Zelermyer, daughter of Benno M. Levisson.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Heske Zelermyer
Scope and Content
The sketchbook with hand-colored drawings was owned by members of Benno M. Levisson’s family and relates to their experiences while living in the Netherlands, a portion of the time in hiding, and Curaçao between 1939 and 1945. Small sketches in a style similar to that used in the sketchbook appear in many of the letters between family members also found in the collection.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular sketchbook full of sketches of people in pencil, colored pencil, and ink on tan paper bound within well-worn, tan, cloth-covered, cardboard covers. The images are done in a loose style and do not appear to relate to one another directly. Several pages bear Dutch text, and others are cut to varying widths or have sections cut from them. Several other pages have come loose, and a few loose pages from other sources have been tucked into this book. The sketchbook has a cloth loop to hold a writing utensil at the top center of the back cover, and was once fastened by a cloth band that stretched from the back cover to the front, passing over the top and bottom of the short side. This band is partially detached and was likely once elasticized.
Subjects
- Curaçao
- Netherlands
Genre
- Art
- Object