Max Alpert
Beginning the construction of Magnitogorsk (Tent city)

Beginning the construction of Magnitogorsk (Tent city)

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Beginning the construction of Magnitogorsk (Tent city)
Beginning the construction of Magnitogorsk (Tent city)
ArtistRussian, 1899–1980
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Beginning the construction of Magnitogorsk (Tent city)
  • from the series Magnitogorsk
Date1930
PlaceMagnitogorsk, Russia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 1/8 × 4 3/8 in. (5.4 × 11.1 cm)
Mount: 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in. (20 × 13 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Broyles
Object number2010.1863
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam 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
Printed text in Russian on the mount above the image and typed text in Russian on a printed label below the image (see photocopies in Acc. file) "A74-II308"

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