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    [Boy with kindling in a basement dwelling, Krochmalna Street, Warsaw]

    Object Name
    051
    Dateca. 1935-38
    Label Text

    This previously unpublished photograph attests to Vishniac’s bold and innovative use of composition: the slim, vertical register of kindling wood, offset by a corner of Yiddish newspaper on a table and triangle of lace at the window, is balanced by the young boy’s sideways glance peering out from the corner of the frame, reflecting a modern sensibility not usually associated with Vishniac’s work in eastern Europe.

    Medium
    Gelatin silver print
    Dimensions
    Image (paper): 16 1/16 x 16 in. (40.8 x 40.6 cm)
    Location
    place taken Warsaw, Poland
    Credit Line
    Promised Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn
    Accession NumberMVK.533.2008
    Copyright
    © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

    For all uses of photographs by Roman Vishniac contact ICP at: vishniac_archive@icp.org.