Artist
Max Alpert (Russian, 1899–1980)Russian, 1899–1980
CultureRussian
Titles
- Kirghiz Horsewoman
Date1936
PlaceRussia
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage/sheet: 14 7/16 × 9 13/16 inches (36.7 × 25 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Stude; and by Joan and Stanford Alexander, Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr., Anne H. Bushman, Mrs. Clare A. Glassell, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan, James Edward Maloney and Beverly Ann Young, Joan Morgenstern, Marion and Joe Mundy, Mary Lawrence Porter, Harry and Macey Reasoner, and Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Object number97.62
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso upper center: (signature) / KIRGHIZ Rider
See file for additional inscriptions and marks.
Vertical and horizontal inscriptions in pencil scratched through
See file for additional inscriptions and marks.
Vertical and horizontal inscriptions in pencil scratched through
Signed in pencil, verso top center: M. ALPERT
Verso upper left a paper label: five lines typed using Russian[?] characters.
Below the label in pencil: No 1
Verso upper left a stamp with additions in ink: SOCIEDADE FLUMINE DE FOTOGRAFIA / CAIXA POSTAL 118 / NITERO-BRAZIL / 17-2-34 A / a Exposicao Mundial / de Arte Fotografica
Outside the stamp in marker: 383[underlined]
In ink: 3 / KIRGHIZ HORSEWOMAN
A stamp with additions in pencil: AGRUPACION FOTOGRAFICA / "SAN JUAN BAUTISTA" / SAN ADRIAN DE BESOS / (BARCRLONA) RSPANA / Paquete no. 140 / No de obras 3 / Obra n. 1 / No. catalogo 276 / 1132
Verso lower right a stamp with additions in marker: [illegible] Society of Ceylon / 1962 International Exhibition / Entry No. / 132 / 6 Print No. / 2 Cataloge No. / 923
Below the label in pencil: No 1
Verso upper left a stamp with additions in ink: SOCIEDADE FLUMINE DE FOTOGRAFIA / CAIXA POSTAL 118 / NITERO-BRAZIL / 17-2-34 A / a Exposicao Mundial / de Arte Fotografica
Outside the stamp in marker: 383[underlined]
In ink: 3 / KIRGHIZ HORSEWOMAN
A stamp with additions in pencil: AGRUPACION FOTOGRAFICA / "SAN JUAN BAUTISTA" / SAN ADRIAN DE BESOS / (BARCRLONA) RSPANA / Paquete no. 140 / No de obras 3 / Obra n. 1 / No. catalogo 276 / 1132
Verso lower right a stamp with additions in marker: [illegible] Society of Ceylon / 1962 International Exhibition / Entry No. / 132 / 6 Print No. / 2 Cataloge No. / 923
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Max Alpert
1930
Gelatin silver print
95.389
