Roman Vishniac
Storekeeper with nothing to sell, Warsaw or Kazimierz, Krakow

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

Storekeeper with nothing to sell, Warsaw or Kazimierz, Krakow
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ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1897–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Storekeeper with nothing to sell, Warsaw or Kazimierz, Krakow
Datec. 1935–1938
Place depictedWarsaw or Cracow, Poland
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (50.2 × 40.3 cm)
 Sheet: 22 13/16 × 19 1/8 in. (57.9 × 48.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object number2015.278
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 1990; Estate of the artist; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right corner in pencil: 90-6

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[Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw]
c. 1935–1937
Platinum print
2015.272
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Roman Vishniac
Grandfather and granddaughter, Warsaw
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.273
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Roman Vishniac
A porter asleep on top of his carrying box. He is holding on to his most valuable possession: his shoes, Warsaw
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.274
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Roman Vishniac
[Wife of Nat Gutman, a porter, Warsaw]
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.276
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Roman Vishniac
[Old woman searching for work, Warsaw or Lublin]
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.277
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Roman Vishniac
An elder of the village, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia
c. 1935–1936
Platinum print
2015.270
The Stairway Entrance to the Court of Rabbi Meir Ben Gedaliah (1558-1616), Lublin
Roman Vishniac
The Stairway Entrance to the Court of Rabbi Meir Ben Gedaliah (1558-1616), Lublin
1935–1938, printed later
Gelatin silver print
2020.284
The Old Ghetto of Vilna
Roman Vishniac
The Old Ghetto of Vilna
c. 1935–1938, printed 1943–1946
Gelatin silver print
2002.2575
[Holy books in the beit midrash (house of study), Mukacevo]
Roman Vishniac
[Holy books in the beit midrash (house of study), Mukacevo]
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.271
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Roman Vishniac
The main street, Slonim
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.275
[Radensdorf Train Station in the Spreewald, near Berlin]
Roman Vishniac
[Radensdorf Train Station in the Spreewald, near Berlin]
c. 1933–1934
Gelatin silver print
2015.269
In the Yeshiva of Lublin
Roman Vishniac
In the Yeshiva of Lublin
1936–1939
Gelatin silver print
2013.557