id:			323751
accession number:	2018.637
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.637
updated:		2025-02-09 07:48:51.404000

President Brezhnev is Dead: His death was announced on November 11, 1982 by the Kremlin. He was 76 yeares old. He was at the head of the Soviet Union for 18 years, Moscow, 1979. Alain Nogues (French, b. 1937). Resin coated print; image: 29.6 x 20 cm (11 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.637

title:				President Brezhnev is Dead: His death was announced on November 11, 1982 by the Kremlin. He was 76 yeares old. He was at the head of the Soviet Union for 18 years, Moscow
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creation date:			1979
creation date earliest:		1979
creation date latest:		1979
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	France
technique:	resin coated print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Alain Nogues (French, b. 1937)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 29.6 x 20 cm (11 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "AN-02"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "2000"
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	inscription:	Written in blue ink on verso: "6470(crossed out)"
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	inscription:	Commercially imprinted throughout in grey ink on verso: "SYGMA/ 5 rue des Vignes , Paris, 75016 - Tél: 524 43 34"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in red ink on verso: "ARCHIVES"
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	inscription:	Written in black marker ink on verso: "Leonid BREJNEV -1"
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	inscription:	Drawn in black ink on verso: "20cm horizontal line"
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	inscription:	Drawn in black ink on verso: "33cm diagonal line descending from upper left to lower right corner"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black ink on verso: "LA MORT DE LEONID BREJNEV(underlined)/ LEONIN ILITCH BREJNEV EST MORT./ LA DISPARITION DU NUMERO UN SOVIETIQUE A ETE ANNONCEE OPPICIELLEMENT/ PAR LE KREMLIN LE 11 NOVEMBRE, 1982. M. BREJNEV, QUI ALLAIT PETER/ PROCHAINEMENT SES 76 ANS, SERAIT DECEDE LA VEILLE, IL ETAIT A LA/ MOSCOU, 27/28 AVRIL 1979/ PHOTO   : ALAIN NOUGUES  /   SYGMA(underlined)/ PRESIDENT BREJNEV IS DEAD(underlined)/ HIS DEATH WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE NOVEMBER 11th , 1982, BY THE KREMLIN. HE WAS/ 76 YEARS OLD./ HE WAS AT THE HEAD OF THE SOVIET UNION SINCE 18 YEARS./ MOS"
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