Dmitri Baltermants (Russian, 1912-1990)
Attack, 1941
Gelatin silver print, the reverse with the photographer's stamp and Ogoniok magazine stamps. Titled, dated and credited to the photographer in pencil in English and Russian, and with various pencil annotations in other hands. Printed late 1950s or early 1960s.
20.5 x 30.2cm (8 1/16 x 11 7/8in).
Gelatin silver print, the reverse with the photographer's stamp and Ogoniok magazine stamps. Titled, dated and credited to the photographer in pencil in English and Russian, and with various pencil annotations in other hands. Printed late 1950s or early 1960s.
20.5 x 30.2cm (8 1/16 x 11 7/8in).
Sold for
£1,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner directly from the photographer
Literature:
Baltermants, D., Selected Photographs (Moscow: Planeta Publishers, 1977), unpaginated
Von Laue, A. & T. & Baltermants, D., Faces of a Nation (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996), p.71
'When first published, Baltermants's photo of charging soldiers was criticised as it depicted "half-a-man" and was thus inconsistent with social realism. It has since become one of the most enduring war photos ever taken.' (Von Laue & Baltermants, p.71)
Category: Fine Art / Photographs
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