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. late 1960s. Titled ink, notations in pencil in Russian and credit stamp on the verso. 11 5/8 x 9in.
Tchaikovsky, Berlin (1945)
Gelatin silver print. late 1960s. Titled ink, notations in pencil in Russian and credit stamp on the verso. 11 5/8 x 9in.
Literature
The Russian War, n.p. (there titled Music and Flowers); Photography Year 1976, p. 54.