Arkady Shaikhet
Partisan Girl

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Artist Arkady Shaikhet (Russian, 1898–1959)Russian, 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

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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