Camels Helping the Red Army
Artist
Georgy Anatol'yevich Zelma
(Uzbekistani, 1906 - 1984)
Date1931
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (21.6 × 31.8 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of John R. Holland and Linda P. Cayton, 2003
Object number2003.49.25
DescriptionTwo saddled camels await in the foreground and appear on the near side of a slow moving river, creating an optical illusion, while framing a tank of World War One vintage stopped on the opposite side of the river while two uniformed soldierOn View
Not on viewRalph Steiner
1922 (printed 1980)