Boris Ignatovich
Red Square

Red Square

© Boris Ignatovich

Red Square
Red Square
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
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Inscription: A black ink stamp, verso: "This photograph is presented to you on the strict understanding that it may not be published without payment of the copyright fee."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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