Roman Vishniac
Where the High and Low Streets Meet

Where the High and Low Streets Meet

Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn © The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley

Where the High and Low Streets Meet
Where the High and Low Streets Meet
ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1897–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Where the High and Low Streets Meet
Datec. 1935–1938
Place depictedBratislava, Slovakia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (15.7 × 24.1 cm)
 Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan and Stanford Alexander in memory of Wendy Meyer
Object number88.25
Not on view

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