Title from caption on object: “Salutes for the Red Army”

November 7, 1945

Unknown 20th Century

Associated Names
Unknown, 20th Century

Artist

ACME Newspictures

Publisher

The image depicts five men from the waist up standing closely together in a side-by-side formation. They are saluting with their right hands raised to their temples, looking outward. The men are dressed in various coats and hats. The background shows a large stone structure with an arched window and some architectural details. Another person is faintly visible in the background, standing in the opening of the structure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.4 × 20.8 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.1 × 22.9 cm (5 15/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.406

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center stamped in red ink: NOV 14 1945; center: NOV 14 1945; center Acme copyright stamp in red ink perpendicular; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: RSOV 7770 [by unknown hand in graphite: 3] 02. . . . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / SALUTES FOR THE RED ARMY / MOSCOW -- SALUTING RED ARMY WARRIORS AS THEY PARADE / BEFORE THE LENIN MAUSOLEUM ON RED SQUARE. IN MOSCOW, ON NOVEMBER 7TH, ARE: (LEFT TO RIGHT) A.F. GORKIN; [underlined] / M.F. SHKIRYATOV; [underlined] MARSHAL S.M. BUDYONNY; [underlined] V.M. MOLOTOV; [underlined] / AND G.M. MALENKOV. [underlined] / BU #1A CAN SA / CREDIT LINE (ACME RADIOPHOTO) 11/8/45 (RK) / RADIOPHOTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RADIOPHOTO

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