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“In Moscow’s Sky”: Construction Workers on the Famous “SEV” (Council for Economic Cooperation) Building

ca. 1964-1970 (printed 2003)
20th century
461 x 302 mm (18.1 x 11.9 in.)

Dmitri Baltermants, Russian, (1912–1990)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print

Marks: Inscribed in pen on verso: “II/IV”; inscribed in pencil on verso: “2004” and “21 . 3 . 12 #28”; inscribed in black ink on verso: [Cyrillic]; stamped on verso, lower right corner: [estate stamp]

Bibliography: See http://www.baltermants.com for information on the photographer and his work.

Credit Line: Gift of Jamie Alter Lynton (BA Wesleyan 1981) and Michael Lynton, 2013

Accession Number: 2013.23.1

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construction*, labor*, Moscow*, Soviet Union*

construction - Use for the process of creating something by combining parts or elements, and also for the manner in which the thing has been put together. [January 1993 descriptor moved.]
labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
Moscow - TGN 7012974. First noted as village 1147; grew around 13th-cen. Kremlin; sacked and rebuilt several times; expanded culturally and economically under Peter the Great in 17th cen., Catherine the Great in 18th cen. and Soviet government in 20th cen.; bombed during WW II.
Soviet Union - TGN 6006211 (former nation/state/empire)

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image Dimensions: 461 x 302 mm (18.1 x 11.9 in.)

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Dmitri Baltermants, Russian, (1912–1990) . “In Moscow’s Sky”: Construction Workers on the Famous “SEV” (Council for Economic Cooperation) Building, ca. 1964-1970 (printed 2003). Gelatin silver print. image : 461 x 302 mm (18.1 x 11.9 in.). Sheet : 503 x 404 mm (19.8 x 15.9 in.). DAC accession number 2013.23.1. Gift of Jamie Alter Lynton (BA Wesleyan 1981) and Michael Lynton, 2013.

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