Moscow

1988

Igor Moukhin

Associated Names
Igor Moukhin

Artist, Russian, born 1961

The image shows a close-up of two individuals with only their heads and portions of their faces visible. The person in the foreground is centered and facing the camera directly. She has a youthful face with large, expressive eyes, a slender nose, and slightly parted lips. Her hair is voluminous and curly, framing her face elegantly. A second person is positioned slightly behind to the left, partially obscured, with only half of their face visible, characterized by short, light-colored hair that falls across their forehead. The individual in the back appears to be wearing a collared shirt under a dark jacket. The background is dark and indistinct, keeping the focus on the subjects' faces.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 11 × 16.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 17.78 × 23.81 cm (7 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.119


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Igor Moukhin, Moscow; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Bendavid-Val, Leah ed. Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Services International, Washington, DC, 1991: 89.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: © Игорь Мухин; lower left below image: Москва , 1988; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1995.40.3

Wikidata ID

Q64155164

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