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An elder of the village, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia

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

An elder of the village, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia
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ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1897–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • An elder of the village, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia
Datec. 1935–1936
Place depictedVysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 15 13/16 × 19 1/2 in. (40.1 × 49.5 cm)
 Sheet: 19 1/4 × 22 7/8 in. (48.9 × 58.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object number2015.270
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 1990; Estate of the artist; given to MFAH, 2015.
Published References Roman Vishniac, "A Vanished World" (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1983). Maya Benton, ed., "Roman Vishniac Rediscovered" (New York: Prestel, 2015). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left corner in pencil: AY; bottom center edge: PF18100RV; bottom right edge: MVK.HGG.81.2009 92.989
verso bottom center in pencil: Mara Vishniac Kohn

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