Artist
Boris Mikhailov(Ukrainian, born 1938)Ukrainian, born 1938
CultureUkrainian
Titles
- Untitled
Date1991
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 11/16 × 11 3/16 in. (11.9 × 28.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 11 11/16 in. (18.4 × 29.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 11 11/16 in. (18.4 × 29.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting
Object number2007.253
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
This photograph is part of a larger series in which Boris Mihailov
examines the consequences of the breakdown of the Soviet Union after the
introduction of Perestroika (the political and economic reforms introduced by
Mikhail Gorbachev in June 1987). Here, he photographed those living at the edge
of society in his hometown of Kharkiv, in the Ukraine, to focus on the
disturbing aftermath of the Soviet Union’s decline.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Illegible marks in ink, verso upper left: "fr (?) / B. Rusov(?) y zenic (?) / 1991"
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Boris Vdovienko
c. 1944
Gelatin silver print
96.737