Bidspirit auction | A PHOTO OF JOSEPH STALIN

A PHOTO OF JOSEPH STALIN BY DMITRI BALTERMANTS - A vintage white and black photograph of Joseph Stalin at Mikhail Kalinin's funeral by Dmitri Baltermants. Taken in Moscow, Red Square, 1946. Singed on verso and stamped with ”Photo by Yan Khalip” and ”Borodulin's Collection”. Dmitri Baltermants (Russian, 1912-1990) was a prominent Soviet photojournalist. As an official Kremlin photographer, he worked for the daily Izvestia and was picture editor of the popular magazine Ogonyok. During World War II, Baltermants covered the battle of Stalingrad, and the battles of the Red Army in Russia and Ukraine. Dimensions: 11 5/8” x 7 1/2” in All measurements are approximate