Digging Anti-Tank Trenches Near Moscow / Dmitri Baltermants

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Accession Number: 2013/2.327
Title: Digging Anti-Tank Trenches Near Moscow
Artist: Dmitri Baltermants
Artist Nationality: Russian
Artist Life Dates: 1912-1990
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: October 1941; 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 609.6 cm (16 x 240 in.)
Physical Description: Groups of women with shovels digging a trench. In the background there is a wooden shack. The women are all bundled in coats and head wraps.
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: 3485 x 2276
File Size: 685 KB
Record: 2013/2.327
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.327/2013_2.327.jpg

In public portfolios: Dmitri Baltermants photos from WWII (25); The crowd (173)

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Full citation: "Digging Anti-Tank Trenches Near Moscow; Dmitri Baltermants." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.327/2013_2.327.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.