Partial view of the principal façade of the Soviet Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (1939-1940), showing a bas-relief of Lenin and statues of workers and a soldier, New York City

People:

Frank Navara (photographer)
K.S. Alabian (architect)
Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (architect)

Title:

Partial view of the principal façade of the Soviet Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (1939-1940), showing a bas-relief of Lenin and statues of workers and a soldier, New York City

Date:

1939

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.5 x 18.8 cm secondary support: 35.9 x 39.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0272

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

signed and dated - by the photographer, in graphite, on the secondary support under the image, c.r.: "Frank Navara 1939" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l.: "25"

Location:

New York (City); New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bas-relief
statues
exhibition building
world's fair
head (representation)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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