Sharpshooter in the Schoolhouse, Germany / Dmitri Baltermants

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Accession Number: 2013/2.324
Title: Sharpshooter in the Schoolhouse, Germany
Artist: Dmitri Baltermants
Artist Nationality: Russian
Artist Life Dates: 1912-1990
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1945; printed 2003
Credit Line: Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling
Inscription: signed and stamped verso, "Dmitri Baltermants Collection / Authorized Estate Print 2003" 19/28
Dimensions: 40.64 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Physical Description: Dead man in a straw filled pen lying on the dirt floor. His helmet is to the side of him, next to his head. On the right there is a window swung open and a poster of gorillas on the wall.
Primary Keywords: armies; battles; fighting; germany (nation); wars
Secondary Keywords: armed conflicts; armed forces; europe (continent); events; geographic and political locations; organizations; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2323 x 3496
File Size: 578 KB
Record: 2013/2.324
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.324/2013_2.324.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); Dmitri Baltermants photos from WWII (25); War, injury, death (23); War, Trauma, Memory (47)

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Full citation: "Sharpshooter in the Schoolhouse, Germany; Dmitri Baltermants." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.324/2013_2.324.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.