Culver City,
California
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Group portrait, Vitrupe, Latvia, 1978
Maker: Unknown
Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; craft paper; adhesive
Method: photographic print
Measurements: 4 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in
Language: rus
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs
A group of sixteen men pose around wall with a sign that reads, "Посторонним проход и проезд Запрещены опасно для жизни" (Unauthorized access and passage are restricted prohibited dangerous to life), while potentially traveling to a communte in Vitrupe, Latvia, 1978. The sign is affixed to the far left side of a wall built of wooden planks. Three people sit atop the wall; the man at far left waves to camera. Five members of the group stand in front of the wall, but around the sign. Four stand to the right of the sign and the one standing to the left of the sign rests his arm against the wall. The rest of the group members sit on the ground in front of the wall. An older, possibly abandoned building stands in the near distance at left; a highrise is visible in the far distance. --Sorted in grouping "Уже Отскаt" (already returned).
Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.0938