Accession Number2003/2.74
TitleWaiting Their Turn, Children's Clinic, Moscow
Artist(s)Margaret Bourke-WhiteArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1931; printed circa 1950sMedium & Supportgelatin silver print on paper mounted on masoniteDimensions 82 1/2 in x 60 in (209.55 cm x 152.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. WithersSubject matterThis photograph depicts women, men, and children sitting on a bench, all wearing coats and other clothing for cold weather. They wait in line at a children's clinic, sitting in front of a large-scale painting of Lenin, who stands with his hands in his pocket. Lenin's portrait is painted in a Socialist-Realist style. The hammer and sickle symbol repeats itself above the painting and in the background. The woman on the left holds the shoulders of one of her children. The child to the immediate right sits next to the man in the photograph, who, like Lenin above, also has his left hand in his pocket. Next to the man sits another woman, whose child appears to have a head injury as his head is heavily bandaged. This photograph was taken on Bourke-White's second trip to Soviet Russia, in which she focused on human interest articles for a series of six articles for
The New York Times.
Physical DescriptionA photograph of people waiting in line to enter a children's clinic. There are two women, one man, and three children sitting on a bench in front of a large-scale painting of Lenin.
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Keywords
Socialist Realist
children (people by age group)
clinics (institutions, medical)
men (male humans)
outerwear
women (female humans)