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Explosion

Explosion

Public Domain

Explosion
Artist
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Explosion
Date1941–1942, printed late 1940s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 7/8 × 22 7/16 in. (42.9 × 57 cm)
 Sheet: 16 7/8 × 22 7/16 in. (42.9 × 57 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Tony Visage in honor of James A. Smelley, M.D. at "One Great Night in November, 2006", The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2537
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink, verso, five lines in Russian
Marked in pencil: "19912", lower right corner: "Csi164", lower left corner: "MH34"
Signed in ink, verso, in Russian

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