David Eckstein, Seven Years Old, and Classmates in Cheder (Jewish Elementary School), Brod, Czechoslovakia
Roman Vishniac, American (born Russia), 1897 - 1990
about 1938
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 5/16 × 15 5/16 in. (38.9 × 38.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn, in honor of Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981
2016.53.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, on reverse, below center, in black ink: FROM THE ESTATE OF ROMAN VISHNIACK / c [circled] MARA VISHNIAC KOHN
Provenance
The artist; to his daughter, Mara Vishniac Schiff Kohn, Santa Barbara, California, about 1990; given to present collection, 2016.
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