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[Shadow Portrait of Meyerhold Directing, Moscow]

ca. 1927
Not on view
The Russian avant-garde theater director Vsevolod E. Meyerhold believed it essential to have a photographic record of his productions, which otherwise were ephemeral. Fernand Crommelynk's Magnanimous Cuckold, staged in 1922, was the first to be so documented. Toltchan, a photographer and cameraman, portrayed the legendary director in action when the two worked together in Moscow in the 1920s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Shadow Portrait of Meyerhold Directing, Moscow]
  • Artist: Iakov Toltchan
  • Date: ca. 1927
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: Image: 5 1/16 in. × 7 in. (12.9 × 17.8 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.637
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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