Lot Essay
Baltermants, traveling with the Soviet forces entering Berlin at the close of World War II, photographed this group of soldiers during the first days of the Russian occupation of Berlin.
Details
DMITRI BALTERMANTS
Tchaikovsky, Berlin (1945)
Gelatin silver print. 1960s. Titled and dated in ink, credit in pencil and credit stamp on the verso. 11¼ x 8¼in.
Tchaikovsky, Berlin (1945)
Gelatin silver print. 1960s. Titled and dated in ink, credit in pencil and credit stamp on the verso. 11¼ x 8¼in.
Literature
The Russian War, (there titled Music and Flowers); Dmitri Baltermants: Selected Photographs, Moscow: Planeta, 1977, cover.