Evgeny Khaldey
Raising the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany

Raising the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany

E.A. Chaldei © Barabashev and Partners, LC, 2012

Raising the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
Raising the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
ArtistRussian, 1917–1997
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Raising the Hammer and Sickle over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
DateMay 2, 1945
Place depictedBerlin, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.6 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.6 × 19.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (51.8 × 41.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jeffery D. Hildebrand in honor of his returning comrade Johnny Duncan at "One Great Night in November, 2006", The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.779
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceArtist; ex-collection Michael Pauseback, Cologne.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Michael Pauseback Edition on 3/11/1989.
Exhibition History"Jewgeni Chaldej", Galerie Michael Beck, Leipzig, 1995.

"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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