Old Moscow
Artist
Georgy Zelma
(Uzbekistani, 1906 - 1984)
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (Left Image): 2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in. (7.3 × 5.4 cm)
Image (Center Image): 3 × 2 1/8 in. (7.6 × 5.4 cm)
Image (Right Image): 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (8.3 × 5.4 cm)
Support: 4 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (11.1 × 15.9 cm)
Image (Center Image): 3 × 2 1/8 in. (7.6 × 5.4 cm)
Image (Right Image): 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (8.3 × 5.4 cm)
Support: 4 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (11.1 × 15.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Paul and Teresa Harbaugh, 2005
Object number2005.26.26
DescriptionA collection of three photograph, two of which illustrate religious architecture of old Moscow and one photo showing a period steam shovel razing an unknown structure. During this era, the last days of Stalin's life, much of the architectural face of Central Moscow was renovated, many historical building were razed and replaced by sterile and massive government buildings embracing the pyramidal and geometric Stalinesque style popular at the time.On View
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