Hongersnood, Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, 1908 - 1982

Title(s)

Hongersnood (original title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1982-841

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Een man, vrouw en kind gekleed in lompen. Achter hen een grijnzende schedel.

Artist

• print maker: Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (signed by artist)

Dating

1908 - 1982

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / aquatint

Measurements

height 349 mm × width 178 mm

What

• starvation, famine
• death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
• family group, especially parents with their child(ren)

Credit line

• Gift of J. Bieruma Oosting

Acquisition

gift 1982

Copyright

C.M.R. van Verschuer