us-005578-irn73580-irn10195
type: RecordSet
archival history: The drawing was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
biographical history: "..active in the [Kovno] ghetto and closely associated with [Esther] Lurie was Josef Schlesinger. From the ghetto's first days he sought out the Paint and Sign Workshop, where he designed projects and most likely took part in several clandestine art exhibitions there. Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1919, Schlesinger began his training at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in 1938. Within the year he and his mother left German-occupied Czechoslovakia for Kovno, where his father managed a textile factory. There he continued his studies at the Arts Institute until his ghetto imprisonment" [Klein, Dennis B., ed The Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1997, p. 169]
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Black ink drawing; image of three-quarters length, frontal view of young boy wearing Star of David on the right side of his shirt, carrying books under right arm, left hand in pocket.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1943-01-01
has end date: 1943-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn10195
is or was included in: us-005578-irn73580
record resource extent: overall: Height: 6.690 inches (16.993 cm) | Width: 4.330 inches (10.998 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
title: Drawing of a youth in the Kovno ghetto