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Books of Leo Tolstoy

Books of Leo Tolstoy
ArtistRussian, born 1963
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Books of Leo Tolstoy
  • from the series Library
Date2000, printed early 2000s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 7/8 × 20 1/2 in. (42.9 × 52.1 cm)
 Sheet: 17 3/8 × 21 1/16 in. (44.1 × 53.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in memory of Joe Wheeler
Object number2006.220
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Published References Illustrated in "Photographs Vadim Gushchin", page 58 [2]. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso: © Вадим Гущин 2000 1/8 // Vadim Gushchin 2000 1/8
Signed in pencil, verso: © Вадим Гущин 2000 1/8 // Vadim Gushchin 2000 1/8

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The Flame Still Dances on Leo's Book
1997
Lithograph in colors, edition 42/90
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Jane Reece
Count Ilya Tolstoy, Paris
1922
Salted paper print
97.25
[Holy books in the beit midrash (house of study), Mukacevo]
Roman Vishniac
[Holy books in the beit midrash (house of study), Mukacevo]
c. 1935–1938
Gelatin silver print
2015.271
Pages from Books Unpublished - Cronin
Charles Schorre
Pages from Books Unpublished - Cronin
1976
Gelatin silver prints on artist's mount
79.202
Pages from Books Unpublished - Gallery Owners
Charles Schorre
Pages from Books Unpublished - Gallery Owners
1977
Gelatin silver prints, translucent paper, with handwritten text
79.203
Pages from Books Unpublished - #3
Charles Schorre
Pages from Books Unpublished - #3
1977
Gelatin silver prints with handwritten text
79.204
Image courtesy of the artist
Abelardo Morell
Shiny Books
2000
Inkjet print
2015.517
Library Books
Wyatt Gallery
Library Books
October, 2005
Chromogenic print
2006.1079
San Bruno, California. A barrack building at this assembly center has been reserved for the library which has just been established with a trained librarian of Japanese ancestry in charge. All books and magazines have been donated and the shelves were made from scrap lumber by the evacuees.
Dorothea Lange
San Bruno, California. A barrack building at this assembly center has been reserved for the library which has just been established with a trained librarian of Japanese ancestry in charge. All books and magazines have been donated and the shelves were made from scrap lumber by the evacuees.
June 16, 1942, printed July 2025
Inkjet print
2025.722
[Woman with Stack of Books on Table]
Unknown American
[Woman with Stack of Books on Table]
c. 1855
Daguerreotype in leather case
2003.550
[Man Seated Next to Table with Stack of Books]
Unknown American
[Man Seated Next to Table with Stack of Books]
c. 1855
Daguerreotype
2003.638
[Two Young Women Holding Books]
Unknown American
[Two Young Women Holding Books]
c. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color in leather case
2003.613
Vadim Gushchin