"Yizkor 1939-1945". Poster Illustrated by Pinchas Schuldenrein (signed in the plate). Zeilsheim (Germany): P. Schuldenrein, [ca. 1946].
Impressive color illustration: The digit "6,000,000" and two memorial candles soaking in blood, with images of the atrocities of the holocaust. The caption on the lower part reads: "For He Who avenges blood remembers them" (Hebrew. Psalms 9:13).
On verso is an autograph inscription by Schuldenrein to Arthur Szyk: "One of my works about our suffering and destruction. Dedicated to the great Jewish master artist Arthur Szyk, a token of friendship…" (Yiddish). The inscription is signed and dated 11.2.48.
The artist Pinchas Shuldenrein was born in Poland and studied in the Warsaw Art Academy. After the holocaust, he opened a studio outside the Zeilsheim DP Camp with the assistance of the Joint, and there he created this poster. Shuldenrein taught art to children in the DP camps and created works inspired by the holocaust. In 1947 he moved to the USA, settled in New York and a couple of years later changed his name to Paul Sharon. He worked in New York as a graphic designer untill his death in 1998.
Approx. 37.5X51.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Creases and tears to margins (not affecting the illustration). Several minor stains.