Sighet, Transylvania

© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

Sighet, Transylvania

Currently not on view

Sighet, Transylvania,

before 1940, printed later

Roman Vishniac, 1897–1990; born St. Petersburg, Russia; died New York, NY; active Berlin, Germany, and New York City, NY
2014-157

Information

Title
Sighet, Transylvania
Dates

before 1940, printed later

Maker
Roman Vishniac
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 33.9 × 26.3 cm (13 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 35.2 × 28.1 cm (13 7/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Rips, Class of 1976
Object Number
2014-157
Place Made

Europe, Romania, Sighet

Culture
Russian, American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
men, portraits, Judaism, shadows, figures (representations)

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