Arkady Shaikhet
Bathing a Homeless Boy in an Orphanage, Moscow

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

CultureRussian

Titles

Bathing a Homeless Boy in an Orphanage, Moscow

Date1927

Place depictedMoscow, Russia

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (11.1 × 8.3 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (11.1 × 8.3 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Howard Schickler and David Lafaille

Object number96.743

Not on view

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Soviet Photography," The Jewish Museum, New York, September 25, 2015–February 7, 2016; The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 11–July 4, 2016; Joods Historiche Museum, Amsterdam, July 27–November 27, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

There is a signature in pencil, verso.

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