Jewish couple, Warsaw

© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

Jewish couple, Warsaw

Currently not on view

Jewish couple, Warsaw,

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
2017-249

Information

Title
Jewish couple, Warsaw
Dates

ca. 1935–38, printed ca. 1945–55

Maker
Roman Vishniac
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.7 × 34.1 cm (10 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
Object Number
2017-249
Place Made

Europe, Poland, Warsaw

Inscription
Stamp in black ink on verso: © PHOTO BY / DR. ROMAN VISHNIAC / 219 WEST 81 STREET / NEW YORK CITY 10024 Stamp in black ink on verso: FROM THE ESTATE OF ROMAN VISHNIAC / © MARA VISHNIAC KOHN
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
women, figures (representations), streetscapes, men

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

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