Roman Vishniac
The Old Ghetto of Vilna

The Old Ghetto of Vilna

Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn © The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley

The Old Ghetto of Vilna
The Old Ghetto of Vilna
ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1897–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Old Ghetto of Vilna
Datec. 1935–1938, printed 1943–1946
Place depictedVilnius, Poland
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
Mount: 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (50.2 × 40.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation in honor of Gay Block, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2575
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper right: "RV96.01"
Stamped in black, and signed in pencil by Mara Vishniac, verso of mount, lower center: "FROM THE ESTATE OF ROMAN VISHNIAC / © MARA VISHNIAC KOHN / [signature]"
The photograph is not signed.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

scan from pdf sent by donor
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.277
The Stairway Entrance to the Court of Rabbi Meir Ben Gedaliah (1558-1616), Lublin
Roman Vishniac
1935–1938, printed later
Gelatin silver print
2020.284
scan from pdf sent by donor
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.273
[Holy books in the beit midrash (house of study), Mukacevo]
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.271
scan from pdf sent by donor
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.275
scan from pdf sent by donor
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.276
[Radensdorf Train Station in the Spreewald, near Berlin]
Roman Vishniac
c. 1933–1934
Gelatin silver print
2015.269
Where the High and Low Streets Meet
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
88.25
Nat Gutman's Wife and Son
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
88.26
City Boys
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938, printed 1950s
Gelatin silver print
88.27
Students of the Talmud
Roman Vishniac
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
88.28