Lot 168
Lea Grundig (1906-1977) – Ink Drawing – Passengers on Board the Illegal Immigrant Ship SS Pacific, 1940
Pacific (figures on bunks on the illegal immigrant ship SS Pacific), a drawing by Lea Grundig, 1940.
Ink on paper. Signed, titled and dated.
Lea Grundig (1906-1977), born in Dresden, was an artist an a member of the German Communist Party. She was married to the German painter Hans Grundig. They were persecuted for their Communist views and deported to concentration camps, but Lea managed to escape Europe and immigrated to Palestine in 1940 on board of the illegal immigrant ship SS Pacific.
26.5X35.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
