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[Boy with kindling in a basement dwelling, Krochmalna Street, Warsaw]
Date | ca. 1935-38 |
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Location | Warsaw Poland |
Dimensions | Image (paper): 16 1/16 x 16 in. (40.8 x 40.6 cm) |
Print medium | Photo-Gelatin silver |
This previously unpublished photograph attests to Vishniac’s bold and innovative use of composition: the slim, vertical register of kindling wood, offset by a corner of Yiddish newspaper on a table and triangle of lace at the window, is balanced by the young boy’s sideways glance peering out from the corner of the frame, reflecting a modern sensibility not usually associated with Vishniac’s work in Eastern Europe.
Copyright
© Mara Vishniac Kohn
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Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn, 2013
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Accession No. MVK.533.2008