Arkady Shaikhet
Partisan Girl

Partisan Girl

© 1942 The Estate of Arkady Shaikhet

Partisan Girl
Partisan Girl
ArtistRussian, 1898–1959
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Partisan Girl
Date1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 7 5/8 in. (27.9 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 7 5/8 in. (27.9 × 19.4 cm)
Mat: 18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in. (45.9 × 35.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (51.8 × 41.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion Mundy
Object number2011.639
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Possibly signed on verso LR in pencil: [illegible name] / 1942
On verso UL in ink: K [circled]; on verso UL in pencil: 436 [crossed out] / 00437; on verso UC in pencil: V [circled]; on verso UR in pencil, partially erased: 10. [circled]; on verso UR in pencil: 66 [circled]; on verso center in pencil: 100 [tilted to LR] / 28% [circled] / Col. [illegible text] NY; verso LR in pencil: [illegible, possible signature] / 1942, ; verso LL in pencil: X [circled]

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