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Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images
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- £22,000 - 28,000
Lot Details
Moscow and New York: Rodchenko/Stepanova Archives and Howard Schickler Fine Art, 1994. Thirty gelatin silver prints, printed later by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin.
Varying sizes from 15 x 22 cm (5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in) to 18.9 x 24.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in) or the reverse.
Each numbered Portfolio no. ‘20’ and ‘1–30’ sequentially in an unidentified hand in ink on a label affixed to the reverse of the mount. Colophon. Limited edition catalogue, number 20/100. Contained in a leather clamshell case. Number 20 from an edition of 35.
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Titles include: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, 1924; The Poet Vladimir Mayakovski, 1924; Fire Escape, 1925; Balconies, 1925; House of Mosselpron,1925; Columns of the Museum of Revolution, 1926; Samozveri (Auto-Animals), 1926; Boats on the Moscow River, 1926; Pine Trees, Pushkino,1927; Briansk Railway Station, 1927; Cigarette Girl, Pushkinskaya Square, 1927; Courier Girl, 1928; Glass and Light, 1928; Courtyard, 1928; Gathering for a Demonstration, 1928; Street, 1929; Guard, Shukov Tower, 1929; Gears, 1929 ; Stairs, 1929; Pioneer with a Trumpet, 1930; Turn of the Street Car Line, 1932; Orchestra, White Sea Canal, 1933; Ships in the Lock, 1933; Girl with Leica, 1934; Diver, 1934; Athletes, 1934; Horse Race, 1935; ‘Dynamo’ Sports Club, 1935; Gymnastics, 1936; Male Pyramid,1936
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