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Samuel Jessurun de MesquitaWW-1928-007020

1928·Woodcut·Sheet: 17 13/16 × 16 5/16 in. (45.2 × 41.5 cm)

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2016

Catalogue

Year: 1928
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 13/16 × 16 5/16 in. (45.2 × 41.5 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita

Artist

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita

Painting

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita was a Dutch graphic artist active in the years before the Second World War. His pupils included graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972). A Sephardic Jew, in his old age he was sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis, where he was gassed along with his wife.

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