Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery - "Without Looking Back (the two Ilyiches)": Brezhnev gives a speech.

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Dmitri Baltermants, Russian, (1912–1990)
"Without Looking Back (the two Ilyiches)": Brezhnev gives a speech. , 2003
Gelatin silver print on paper
14 x 11 in. (36 x 28 cm)

Object Type: Photography

Technique: Photography

Credit Line: Gift of Sally Strauss and Andrew E. Tomback

Accession Number: 2016.15.12

Commentary

This is a 2003 estate print of an undated photo.

NB: The title refers to the fact that Ilyich is the middle name of both Lenin and Brezhnev.

Variant illus. "Faces of a Nation," p. 206, Dmitri Baltermants (Photo Poche), p. 58

Marks

artist's copyright stamp verso and the stamped words, "authorized estate print 2003/Museum Set, Print No. II/IV"

Medium

gelatin silver print

Object Description

Enormous portrait of Lenin dwarfs Brezhnev, who speaks at a podium.

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Law and Politics, Males, Portraits

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