Max Alpert
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Komsomolskaya-2 blast furnace is under construction

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Artist Max Alpert Russian, 1899–1980

Artist Alexander Semenovich SmolyanRussian, 1909–1979

CultureRussian

Titles

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Komsomolskaya-2 blast furnace is under construction
from the series The Giant and the Builder

Date1931

PlaceMagnitogorsk, Province of Chelyabinsk, Russia

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 2 15/16 × 4 1/16 in. (7.5 × 10.3 cm)
Mount: 7 5/8 × 5 1/16 in. (19.4 × 12.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of William Broyles

Object number2010.1792

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Howard Schickler Fine Art, New York]; purchased by William Broyles; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Letterhead printed form:
Фототека агентства печати новости / News press agency photo library
Дата выпуска / Release date
Дата съемки / Shooting date
Автор / Author
Содержание / Content

Machine printed sticker:
Магнитогорский металлургический комбинат. Возводится доменная печь «Комсомольская-2» 1931 год / Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. The Komsomolskaya-2 blast furnace is under construction. From the reportage series "The Giant and the Builder"

1931
Кадр из кинохроники [crossed out] (зачеркнуто) / Newsreel frame [crossed out]
Фото АПН А67-3774 / Photo APN A67-3774

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