Smolensk Cemetery, Leningrad

1987

Boris Smelov

Artist, Russian, 1951 - 1998

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.2 × 32.6 cm (8 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.85 × 39.8 cm (11 3/4 × 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4502

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Boris Smelov, St. Petersburg, Russia; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 11 – July 7, 1991; Fine Arts Center, Cheekwood, Nashville, TN, September 19 – November 1, 1992; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 28 – May 9, 1993; Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA, January – February, 1994; Haverford College, Haverford, PA, March – May, 1994

Bibliography

1991

  • Bendavid-Val, Leah ed. Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Services International, Washington, DC, 1991: 76.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Smelov Boris / ,, Зачем пережить тебя люблю моя; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1995.47.3

Wikidata ID

Q64145474

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