Victory Flag over Reichstag, Berlin

1945

Yevgeny Khaldei

Associated Names
Yevgeny Khaldei

Artist, Russian, 1917 - 1997

This is a photograph of a Soviet flag being raised over a war-torn city. The image shows a Soviet flag, with its hammer and sickle symbol, being hoisted above a devastated urban landscape. In the foreground, there is a sculptural decoration of a building, providing depth to the scene. The background shows a city in ruins, with buildings destroyed and smoke rising in the distance. The tone of the photograph is dark and dramatic, capturing a moment of historical significance amidst destruction.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Union of Journalists of the U.S.S.R., Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Embassy of the U.S.S.R.), 1991; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Exhibition History

1986

  • The Indelible Image: Photographs of War, 1846 to the Present, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 26 – June 22, 1986

Bibliography

1985

  • Fralin, Frances. The Indelible Image: Photographs of War, 1846 to the Present. Exh. cat. New York, 1985: 186-187, no. 93.

2008

  • Hundert, Gershon David ed. The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. 2 vols. New Haven, CT, 2008: 884.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in blue ink circled: 18

Wikidata ID

Q64172172

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