New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.

Now and Forever (Hoisting the Star Over the Spasskiya Tower, Kremlin)

Artist Mark Markov-Grinberg (Russian, 1907-2003)

CultureRussian

Date1935

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (36.2 × 24.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm)

InscribedSigned and titled (in Russian) on verso.

Credit LineGift of Patti Cohen and Eddie Sutton

Object number2005.33.4

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of a star being hoisted over the Spasskiya Tower in Russia. There are men hoisting the star on top of the tower using a crane and a arm protruding from the left of the photograph

ProvenancePatti Cohen and Eddie Sutton, New York, NY [through photography collector Michael Mattis]; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Patti Cohen and Eddie Sutton, 2005.