Artist
Moisei Nappelbaum (Russian, 1869–1958)Russian, 1869–1958
CultureRussian
Titles
- Maxim Gorky
Date1929
PlaceRussia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (22.5 × 16.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (22.5 × 16.7 cm)
Mount: 14 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (36.2 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (22.5 × 16.7 cm)
Mount: 14 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (36.2 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael Zilkha in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number99.354
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition History"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14–December 30, 2001.
"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: The photograph is inscribed in purple ink, presumably in Russian, recto of mount, lower center.
The photograph is signed in pencil, recto of mount, lower right
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Communist Workers Party of Germany
March 28, 1928
Rotogravure
82.59.91