Entrance to Kazimierz, the Jewish district of Krakow

© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

Entrance to Kazimierz, the Jewish district of Krakow

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Entrance to Kazimierz, the Jewish district of Krakow,

ca. 1935–38, printed ca. 1945–55

Roman Vishniac, 1897–1990; born St. Petersburg, Russia; died New York, NY; active Berlin, Germany, and New York City, NY
2017-243

Information

Title
Entrance to Kazimierz, the Jewish district of Krakow
Dates

ca. 1935–38, printed ca. 1945–55

Maker
Roman Vishniac
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.4 × 18.9 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.) mount: 35.6 × 27.6 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object Number
2017-243
Place Depicted

Europe, Poland, Krakow, Kazimierz

Signatures
Signed in ink on mount, lower right: R Vishniac
Inscription
In ink on mount, lower left: Cracow 1938, Entrance to the Ghetto No stamp on verso
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), streetscapes, ghettos

The artist; the estate of the artist; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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