us-005578-irn73580-irn10528
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 portrait; image of man with close cropped hair, wearing tie, vest, and jacket. Verso: inscription in Hebrew, in pencil
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 or had some members with language: yid
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn10528
is or was included in: us-005578-irn73580
record resource extent: overall: Height: 5.510 inches (13.995 cm) | Width: 4.330 inches (10.998 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The portrait is of Engineer Bergman
title: Drawing of a man in the Kovno ghetto