Photo of collection object High-relief #12: Plant Breeders. Three plant breeders, two women and a man. At the time of the Leningrad Siege all of the plant breeders of the Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry starved to death guarding stocks of rice, wheat, corn, beans and potatoes for future generations. The few plant breeders working at the time that the Narvskaya metro station reliefs were sculpted, passed away not long before the time of these photographs taken at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Fine Arts. — Roberts, Liisa. High-relief #12: Plant Breeders. Three plant breeders, two women and a man. At the time of the Leningrad Siege all of the plant breeders of the Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry starved to death guarding stocks of rice, wheat, corn, beans and potatoes for future generations. The few plant breeders working at the time that the Narvskaya metro station reliefs were sculpted, passed away not long before the time of these photographs taken at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Fine Arts., 2015. Chromogenic print, 49 7/8 × 65 5/8" (126.7 × 166.7 cm). Acquired through the generosity of Margaret Sundell, 486.2017. (Photo: MoMA)

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High-relief #12: Plant Breeders. Three plant breeders, two women and a man. At the time of the Leningrad Siege all of the plant breeders of the Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry starved to death guarding stocks of rice, wheat, corn, beans and potatoes for future generations. The few plant breeders working at the time that the Narvskaya metro station reliefs were sculpted, passed away not long before the time of these photographs taken at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Fine Arts.

2015

Liisa Roberts

American and Finnish, born France 1969

Photography

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Roberts, Liisa
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: Chromogenic print
Medium: chromogenic, print
Dimensions: 49 7/8 × 65 5/8" (126.7 × 166.7 cm)
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 486.2017
Credit Line: Acquired through the generosity of Margaret Sundell

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