Drawing by William Sharp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 14.620 inches (37.135 cm)
Creator(s)
- William Sharp (Artist)
Biographical History
Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harold Shachner
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Image of Goerring in full uniform, profile, 3/4 portrait. Shadowy figure cloaked in black with a dripping axe in hand, fleeing behind Goerring. Building and barbed wire fence in background. Verso: white adhesive label with "10" typewritten on it in upper left corner.
Verso: lower left quadrant to right of center, in ink, Wilhelm (crossed out) "Hermann Goerring" (also underlined); below name, also in ink, "This original is the Property of William Sharp. Handle with care!"
People
- Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Genre
- Object
- Art