Max Alpert
Magnitogorsk [The Dig]

Magnitogorsk [The Dig]

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Magnitogorsk [The Dig]
Magnitogorsk [The Dig]
ArtistRussian, 1899–1980
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Magnitogorsk [The Dig]
  • from the series Magnitogorsk
Date1930
PlaceMagnitogorsk, Russia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (11.1 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Broyles
Object number2010.1861
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Schickler Fine Art, New York]; purchased by William Broyles, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"A Hard, Merciless Light. The Worker-Photography Movement, 1926-1939," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, April 5–August 22, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso sheet: "A LG(?) - 8286" "Magnitogorsk"

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