Objects

V Pe 022

Vertov with a child on his shoulder
The child may have been Jen Lissitzky (born 12.10.1930), the son of El Lissitzky and Sophie Küppers, of whom Vertov was very fond.
Classification: Photo
Date: 1930, ca.
Tapematerial: B/W Photo
Original / Reproduction: Reproduktion
Comments: He and Svilova never had any children. In 1929 Svilova’s pregnancy had come to an unhappy end. He regarded his films as his "children".
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