ROMAN VISHNIAC (Russian, 1897-1990). The Vanished World Portfolio (Twelve Photographs), 1936-38. Gelatin silver, printed...

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ROMAN VISHNIAC (Russian, 1897-1990)
The Vanished World Portfolio (Twelve Photographs), 1936-38
Gelatin silver, printed 1977
19-1/2 x 15-1/4 inches (49.5 x 38.7 cm) (largest)
Signed in ink colophon last page, editioned '6/50' in ink inside back cover; eleven of the twelve photographs are signed in ink lower right mount recto with print and 'A/P' portfolio numbers in ink within artist's stamp verso.

Complete portfolio with colophon and linen case.
Images include: Entrance to the Gherro, Cracow, 1938; One of the People of the Book, Warsaw, 1938; The Face of Wisdom, Cracow, 1936; Peddlers Transformed into Beggars by the Boycott, 1938; Grandfather and Granddaughter, Lublin, 1937; At the Open Fire, Carpathian Ruthenia, 1938; Jewish Peasant, Carpatho-Ukraine, 1937; Heder, Slonim, Russia, 1938; Three Student School, Carpathian Ruthenia, 1938; The Only Flowers of her Youth, Warsaw, 1938; One Room Apartment-Workshop, Warsaw, 1936; Synagogue Court, Vilna, 1938.

FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION




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