Der Königsgarten Lazienki

Other titles
The Gardens of the Royal Łazienki
Date
1941
Object type
album
Technique
colored pencils, pencil, pen, handwriting,
Material
paper
Dimensions
30.6 x 22.6 x 1.7 cm cm
Location
Not on display
Place of Origin
Warsaw (Poland, Mazowieckie)
Owner
The Royal Łazienki
Acquisition name
donation
Museum number
ŁKr 1542/1-10
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Album bound from typewritten pages, drawings, and pasted photographic prints.

Compiled by Albert Wild, a gardener employed by the General Government to oversee work at the Belvedere between 1940 and 1942, this album combines a report on completed tasks with an illustrated study. It includes a historical section, descriptions of gardening work, plant lists, and illustrative material — photographs of garden views and general drawings. The garden is depicted as a space subordinated to the occupying forces and incorporated into a process of ideological appropriation.