David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Brod

© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Brod

Currently not on view

David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Brod,

ca. 1938, printed after 1950

Roman Vishniac, 1897–1990; born St. Petersburg, Russia; died New York, NY; active Berlin, Germany, and New York City, NY
2017-247

Information

Title
David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Brod
Dates

ca. 1938, printed after 1950

Maker
Roman Vishniac
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.4 × 26.7 cm (10 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object Number
2017-247
Place Made

Europe, Brod

Inscription
No stamp
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
schools, children (people by age group), boys

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

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