Feb 02, 2012 - Sale 2267

Sale 2267 - Lot 119

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
MIECZYSLAW KOSCIELNIAK (1912-1993) EINE LAUS DEIN TOD! [A LOUSE IS YOUR DEATH!] 1942.
16x11 1/2 inches, 40 1/2x29 cm.
Condition A: minor abrasions at edges; horizontal crease through image. Paper.
An extremely rare linoleum-cut poster from Auschwitz. The artist was a prisoner in the camp where he drew and painted scenes of life inside the barbed wire. He also smuggled out drawings of the suffering inmates and the brutal conditions they endured.