Boris Ignatovich
Red Square

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ArtistAttributed to Boris Ignatovich Russian, 1899–1976

CultureRussian

Titles

Red Square

Date1930s

Place depictedMoscow, Russia

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 7/16 × 10 15/16 in. (18.9 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 11 1/16 in. (19.2 × 28.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment

Object number98.135

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Steven Kasher Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
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

Inscription: A black ink stamp, verso: "This photograph is presented to you on the strict understanding that it may not be published without payment of the copyright fee." "Die Veröffentlichung dieses Bildes in der Presso ist nur mit Eriaubnis ven Unionbild Amsterdam, 34, gestettet." Label, verso: "SOVFOTO #7765X / Moscow / Red Square." Label, verso: "SOVFOTO / East FOTO / 48 West 21 Street, New York, NY 10010 / SOLD FOR ONE REPRDUCTION ONLY / ORIGINAL MUST BE RETURNED After USE / Creditline: SOVFOTO K12-88 PNI."

The photograph is not signed.

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