us-005578-irn84484-irn9629
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.
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record resource extent: overall: Height: 14.620 inches (37.135 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
date: approximately 1930-1945
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history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
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title: Drawing by William Sharp
has or had holder: us-005578
identifier: irn9629
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scope and content: Created by William Sharp, circa 1930-1945.
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physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Image of two women in dispute.