• Title
  Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack internment camp watercolours and woodcut
• Creator
  Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
• Call number
  PXA 7728
  P4/51
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1940-1943
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Prints
• Reference code
  9677565
• Physical Description
  7 watercolours - watercolour and gouache - 79 x 58 cm or smaller
  1 print - woodcut - 21 x 14 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (1893–1965) was an internee on the HMT Dunera and a founding member of the Bauhaus, and art master at Geelong Grammar School from 1942 to 1957. Hirschfeld-Mack was one the most well-known artists to arrive on the Dunera. During his internment Hirschfeld-Mack taught drawing classes in the camp university.
  
  References:
  Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  'The estate of the artist. Private collection, Queensland' (information supplied by vendor)
• Scope and Content
  This collection comprises watercolours and woodcut created by Dunera Boy and Bauhaus founding member Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack whilst interned in rural New South Wales during the Second World War
  
  PXA 7728
  1. [Unity Of Mankind, 1941]
  Watercolour on paper
  Title taken from pencil inscription on original mount
  25 x 25 cm backing sheet, 22 x 21 cm image
  
  2. Merry Christmas, 1941
  Woodcut
  Signed 'L.H. Mack' lower left
  21 x 14 cm
  
  3. [One World To Another], 1941
  Watercolour on paper
  Signed and dated 'L. Mack 1941' lower right
  Title from vendor catalogue
  28 x 19 cm
  
  4. [One World To Another], 1940
  Watercolour on paper
  Signed and dated 'Mack 1940' lower left
  Title taken from pencil inscription on original mount
  30 x 25 cm backing card, 24 x 19 cm image
  
  5. [One World To Another], 1940
  Watercolour on paper
  Signed and dated 'Mack 1940' lower right
  Title taken from pencil inscription on original mount
  32 x 25 cm backing card, 25 x 17 cm image
  
  6. [Peace On Earth, 1941]
  Watercolour on paper
  Signed 'L. H. MACK' lower right
  Title taken from pencil inscription on original mount
  29 x 20 cm
  
  7. [Abstract Composition], 1940
  Watercolour on paper
  Signed and dated 'L. Mack 1940' lower right
  Title taken from vendor catalogue
  33 x 25 cm backing card, 18 x 25 cm image
  
  P4/51
  8. May They All Be One, [approximately 1943]
  Watercolour and gouache on paper
  79 x 58 cm
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Description source
  
  Titles taken from original mounts or vendor catalogue
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Some works are signed by artist
• Conservation note
  
  Frames and original mounts removed for preservation reasons in 2024
• Subject
  Internment camps--New South Wales--Hay.
  Internment camps--New South Wales--Orange.
  Jewish refugees--Australia.
  Political refugees--Australia.
  Dunera: Stories of Internment.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Dunera: Stories of Internment - State Library of New South Wales (August 2024 - May 2025). Applies to: P4/51; PXA 7728/Items 1-7
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20833828

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