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Scissors-Grinder, Sighet or Chust

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1935/38

Artist:

Roman Vishniac
Russian, 1897-1990

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Roman Vishniac

Title

Scissors-Grinder, Sighet or Chust

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1935–1938

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 27.9 × 27.3 cm (11 × 10 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn

Reference Number

2017.376

Extended information about this artwork

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