Watercolor view of Drancy transit camp by an inmate

The watercolor painting was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003. 

Watercolor view of Drancy transit camp by an inmate 

overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm) 

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Watercolor on thick paper depicting a panoramic view of an internment camp with a street and barbed wire fence extending diagonally down the left side. On the right is a group of people gathered in a multicolored plaza in front of 2 red brick barracks with gray gabled roofs. Behind them is a large, gray, 5 story block building with rows of windows and doors and a green field on right. On the opposite side of the street is a multicolored field. A line of tall trees screens a town of overlapping white buildings with red roofs in the background under a partially colored blue sky. The artist’s mark, location, and date are at the bottom. There are brown stains across the top and 2 black ink stamps on back. back, top left corner, pencil : ERLH 93 back, top right corner, pencil : No 157 back, left, stamped, black ink : STE FRANCO – AMERICAINE / PUBLI – AS / S.A.R.L. AU CAPITAL DE 50 MILLIONS / 121. RU? ??AUMUR / CEN. 00 – 01 [Franco - American Publi – AS Limited Liability Company, Societe a responsabilite limitee] back, right, stamped, black ink : STE FRANCO – AMERICAINE / I – AS / DE 50 MILLIONS / AUMUR / [CEN.] 00 – 01