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Tomb of the Virgin Mary, Jerusalem
(1920-1930s)
Medium
carbon print
Measurements
37.8 × 28.2 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1987
Gallery location
Gallery 7
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Mischa Kogan put aside his early interest in medicine to study violin and viola at the Moscow Conservatorium. At the age of sixteen he studied in Vienna, then in Berlin before moving to Jerusalem. It was at this time that he created these evocative photographs: composed and framed like paintings, they make use of soft-focus and show the aesthetic characteristics of the international Pictorialist style. In 1928 Kogan migrated to Melbourne, and from 1938 to 1975 was a prominent member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Artwork Details
Inscription
printed in ink on accompanying paper label: TOMB OF THE VIRGIN MARY / JERUSALEM
Accession Number
PH29-1987
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest