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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1996.114
People
Roman Vishniac, American (Pavlovsk, Russia 1897 - 1990 New York, New York)
Title
Paris
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1940
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/281402

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.5 x 19.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Roman Vishniac
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: War Refugees, 1945 and before; inscribed in black ink on verso, upper left: Paris photographed in 1940, printed in 1944 Roman Vishniac; stamped in black ink on verso, center: Negative Copies (with checkmark) Source Year (1944) [in square box]; stamped in black ink on verso, center: ROMAN VISHNIAC 105 West 72nd Street, New York EN 2-1294
  • label: On mat board, removed: G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. / 591 Broadway, New York, New York 10012 212-226-1414 / Roman Vishniac / Paris [underlined], 1940 / vintage felatin silver print / 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches / signed, titled and dated in ink / with photographer's stamp and / print stamp on print verso

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George A. Violin, Dover, Massachusetts, purchased from G.W. Einstein, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. George A. Violin
Copyright
© Mara Vishniac Kohn
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
P1996.114
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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