© Estate of Mark Markov-Grinberg
Currently not on view
Biplanes, First Aviation Parade, Tushina Airbase,
1933, printed later
Mark Markov-Grinberg, Russian, 1907–2006
2001-238
Having worked as a documentary photographer for various Soviet newspapers throughout the late 1920s, in 1930 Markov-Grinberg joined the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS), one of the nation’s most important news agencies, comparable to the Associated Press in the United States. His images appeared across Soviet media outlets until 1948, when he lost his position at TASS due to Stalin’s anti-Semitic campaign. In this photograph, biplanes fly in a star-shaped formation during the first aviation parade at Tushina Airbase, later the sight of many Soviet aircraft exercises during the Cold War.
Information
Title
Biplanes, First Aviation Parade, Tushina Airbase
Dates
1933, printed later
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 56.4 x 38.9 cm (22 3/16 x 15 5/16 in.)
sheet: 60 x 50.7 cm (23 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Donald Lappé, Class of 1968, and Mrs. Alice Lappé
Object Number
2001-238
Inscription
Dated, titled [in Russian] and signed in pencil, verso center.
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