(Untitled – Burning Menorah and Star) (study for the Monument to Six Million Jews Destroyed in Germany by the Nazis) #9

William Zorach, (Untitled--Burning Menorah and Star) (study for the Monument to Six Million Jews Destroyed in Germany by the Nazis) #9, ca. 1949, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dahlov Ipcar and Tessim Zorach, 1968.154.284
William Zorach, (Untitled--Burning Menorah and Star) (study for the Monument to Six Million Jews Destroyed in Germany by the Nazis) #9, ca. 1949, pencil on paper, sheet: 11 x 8 3⁄8 in. (27.8 x 21.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dahlov Ipcar and Tessim Zorach, 1968.154.284

Artwork Details

Title
(Untitled – Burning Menorah and Star) (study for the Monument to Six Million Jews Destroyed in Germany by the Nazis) #9
Artist
Date
ca. 1949
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 11 x 8 3⁄8 in. (27.8 x 21.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dahlov Ipcar and Tessim Zorach
Mediums
Mediums Description
pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Study — sculpture study
  • History — Germany — Holocaust
  • History — Germany — World War II
  • Religion — Judaism
  • Monument — memorial
  • Study
Object Number
1968.154.284
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.154.284

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William Zorach, Floating Figure, 1922, cast plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.3
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Date1934
cast plaster
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