ENZO RAGAZZINI

Moscow, USSR - World Women’s Convention, Khrushchev’ Wife, 1963

Archival Giclée Pigment Print on Archival Paper
Limited Edition of 5
40 x 60 in
102 x 152 cm

US $ 4,600

This photograph, captured during Ragazzini’s 1963 visit to Moscow, depicts three women in a close, private exchange within the public setting of the World Congress of Women, where Ragazzini accompanied the Italian delegation. On the right, lending historical significance to the scene, is the wife of Nikita Khrushchev, then the First Secretary of the Communist Party and leader of the Soviet Union. Beside her, a woman adorned with a medal and wearing a hearing device appears to whisper to the woman directly behind her, who responds with a gaze of inquisitive suspicion. The decorated woman’s proximity to Khrushchev’s wife and the presence of the earpiece raise intriguing questions about their possible roles as members of a KGB detail assigned to protect the Soviet leader’s spouse.  ...more



  

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