Lot 217
  • 217

Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko
  • Workers' Club Installation, Decorative Arts Exhibition, Paris, 1925
  • Silver print
on the reverse, stamped with the Rodchenko and Stepanova archive stamp and variously inscribed in Cyrillic
vintage silver print

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Howard Schickler Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

Exhibition catalogue Alexander Rodchenko, Oxford: Museum of Modern Art, 1979, p.31 illustrated (variant)
S.Khan-Magomedov, Vkhutemas, Moscou 1920-1930, Paris: Edition du Regard, 1990, p.431 illustrated
N.Aseev, Aleksandr Rodchenko, New York: Museum Of Modern Art, 1998, p.222 illustrated

Condition

This vintage silver print is in overall very good to excellent general condition. Away from the image, four corners slightly worn. Upon closer inspection and in raking light only; consistent with ferrotyped papers, the layer is slightly uneven, a light vertical handling mark of approx. 2cm near the upper left corner.
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