Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Gelatin silver print, portrait of Chaim Simcha Mechlowitz, a farmer and tanner, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia, ca. 1935-38.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley
Physical Details
- Classification
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Photographs
- Category
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Photographic prints
- Object Type
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Documentary photography (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Portrait image of smiling,bearded man standing in field.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 13.940 inches (35.408 cm) | Width: 10.940 inches (27.788 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 8.940 inches (22.708 cm) - Materials
- overall : photographic paper
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. In the event the ICP traveling exhibition "Roman Vishniac Rediscovered" ("Exhibition") is held in a similar geographic area, the Institution agrees that it will not exhibit the same prints for the duration of the Exhibition.
- Copyright Holder
- Mara Vishniac Kohn
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photoraphic print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Mara Vishniac Kohn, the daughter of Roman Vishniac.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:00
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