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Alexander Rodchenko

St. Petersburg 1891 – 1956 Moscow

Samozweri. Illustration for the Children's book by Sergej M. Tretjakow. 1926

Gelatin silver print, 1926–1956. 11,6 × 9 cm (4 ⅝ × 3 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Alexander Rodchenko. Samozweri. Illustration for the Children's book by Sergej M. Tretjakow. 1926.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 4,550

 

- 6,820

Sold for:

2,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Photography, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Gelatin silver print, 1926–1956. 11,6 × 9 cm (4 ⅝ × 3 ½ in.). Photographer's stamp: „Фото Родченко“ as well as dated in pencil by an unknown hand on the reverse: „1928“ , name of the photographer noted and inscribed in Cyrillic script.

Private Collection, Russia

Evelyn Weiss (ed.): Alexander Rodtschenko. Fotografien 1920-1938. Cologne 1978, p. 88 (there in greater detail, titled and dated: Illustration zu Tretjakows Kindergedicht ‘Roboter-Tiere', 1926) / Werner Fütterer and Hubertus Gassner (ed.): Samozveri. Selbst gemachte Tiere. Cologne 1980, unpaginated / Russische Photographie 1917–1940. Munich 1983, p. 64, ill. 46 (there back-to-front and titled: Tiere. Illustration for das Kinderbuch von Sergej Tretjakow) / Alexander Lavrentiev: Alexander Rodchenko. Photography 1924–1954. Cologne 1995, p. 138, ill. 170 (there in greater detail) / Alexandre Rodtchenko, Varvara Stepanova, Serge Tretiakov: Animaux à mimer. Samozveri. Bouaye 2010, unpaginated

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