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[Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw]

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

[Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw]
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ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1897–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw]
Datec. 1935–1937
Place depictedWarsaw, Poland
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (34.3 × 27 cm)
 Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object number2015.272
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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 lower left corner in pencil: 6

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Roman Vishniac