Max Alpert
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Komsomolskaya-2 blast furnace is under construction

ArtistRussian, 1899–1980
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Komsomolskaya-2 blast furnace is under construction
  • from the series The Giant and the Builder
Date1931
PlaceMagnitogorsk, Province of Chelyabinsk, Russia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 15/16 × 4 1/16 in. (7.5 × 10.3 cm)
Mount: 7 5/8 × 5 1/16 in. (19.4 × 12.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Broyles
Object number2010.1792
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Schickler Fine Art, New York]; purchased by William Broyles; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Letterhead printed form:
Фототека агентства печати новости / News press agency photo library
Дата выпуска / Release date
Дата съемки / Shooting date
Автор / Author
Содержание / Content

Machine printed sticker:
Магнитогорский металлургический комбинат. Возводится доменная печь «Комсомольская-2» 1931 год / Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Komsomolskaya-2 blast furnace is under construction. From the reportage series "The Giant and the Builder"

1931
Кадр из кинохроники [crossed out] (зачеркнуто) / Newsreel frame [crossed out]
Фото АПН А67-3774 / Photo APN A67-3774

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