Old woman searching for work, Warsaw or Lublin

© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

Old woman searching for work, Warsaw or Lublin

Currently not on view

Old woman searching for work, Warsaw or Lublin,

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
2017-244

Information

Title
Old woman searching for work, Warsaw or Lublin
Dates

ca. 1935–38, printed ca. 1945–55

Maker
Roman Vishniac
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.4 × 27 cm (13 9/16 × 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.2 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object Number
2017-244
Place Made

Europe, Poland, Warsaw or Lublin

Signatures
Signed in pen, lower right: Roman Vishniac
Inscription
Inscribed in pen, along bottom: The Mask of Tragedy. Warsaw 1938
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
portraits, women, faces

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

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