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Alexander Rodchenko

St. Petersburg 1891 – 1956 Moscow

Illustration to Wladimir Majakowski's Poem: „Pro eto“. 1923

Gelatin silver print of a photomontage, 1923–1956. 17 × 10,6 cm (17,9 × 11,4 cm) (6 ¾ × 4 ⅛ in. (7 × 4 ½ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Alexander Rodchenko. Illustration to Wladimir Majakowski's Poem: „Pro eto“. 1923.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 3,000

USD 2,270

 

- 3,410

Sold for:

4,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Photography, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Gelatin silver print of a photomontage, 1923–1956. 17 × 10,6 cm (17,9 × 11,4 cm) (6 ¾ × 4 ⅛ in. (7 × 4 ½ in.)). Photographer's stamp: „Фото Родченко“ and also dated in pencil, with the name of the photographer marked and inscribed in cyrillic script on the reverse. Inscribed and numbered by different hands in pencil, blue and red coloured pencil.

Private Collection, Russia

Evelyn Weiss (ed.): Alexander Rodtschenko. Fotogra­fien 1920-1938. Cologne 1978, p. 81 / Russische Photo­graphie 1917–1940. Munich 1983, p. 64, illustration. 44 / exh. cat.: Russische Photographie 1840–1940. Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, 1993, p. 199, illustration 318 (illustration of the original, coloured photo montage) / Wladimir Majakowski: Pro eto. Das bewusste Thema. Berlin 1994, between p. 36 and p. 37 as well as p. 89 (there as coloured photo montage) / exh. cat.: Alexander Rodtschenko. Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, 2008, p. 13 (as coloured
photo montage and titled: Ich bin oben)

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