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Handkerchief: Drowning Nazi
British
early 1940s
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
Height x width: 12 1/2 x 12 in. (31.8 x 30.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2357
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThin white hankerchief. In one corner is a Nazi drowning holding up a swastika as American troops in camoflage stand on the shore. Illustration is simple: water is rendered using a black curvy line with a small blue area directly under the drowning Nazi.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)