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LOT 199:
Interior of a Room in the Theresienstadt Ghetto – Watercolor by Malva Schalek (1882-1944) – Theresienstadt, 1944
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Interior of a Room in the Theresienstadt Ghetto – Watercolor by Malva Schalek (1882-1944) – Theresienstadt, 1944
A girl in a room in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, watercolor by Malva Schalek (1882-1944). Theresienstadt, 1944.
Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated.
Malva Schalek was born in Prague to a wealthy Jewish family that was involved in the cultural and political life in the city. She studied art in Munich, and later on moved to Vienna, where she founded a studio and gained fame as a portrait painter. Following the annexation ("Anschluss") of Austria to Germany in 1938 Schalek moved to the town of Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia, and in 1942 was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, where she created dozens of paintings depicting the daily life there. In 1944 Schalek was deported to Auschwitz, where she perished.
Approx. 20X15 cm. Attached to cardboard and a passé-par tout. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
