Grandfather and granddaught, Warsaw
(c. 1935-1938); printed 1977
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
26.2 × 26.4 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1978
© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Roman Vishniac’s photographs of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe are tragically prophetic. Working between 1935 and 1939, Vishniac used concealed cameras to take thousands of photographs of life in the ghettoes of Russia, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Lithuania.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Warsaw, Poland
Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on support c.: Roman Vishniac
Accession Number
PH110-1978
Department
International Photography
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