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Aleksandr Rodchenko

The Pole Vault

Lot Closed

April 10, 03:42 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Aleksandr Rodchenko

1891 - 1956

The Pole Vault


gelatin silver print, credit and annotation 'Глава 17' [chapter 17] in pencil, and with a 'univ. prof. ing. lubomir linhart' address stamp on the reverse, framed

image: 3⅜ by 4⅞ in. (8.6 by 12.4 cm.)

frame: 11¼ by 14⅛ in. (28.6 by 35.9 cm.)

Executed in 1937, possibly printed later.


Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com

Collection of George Abrams, artist and noted type designer

By descent through family to the present owner

Aleksandr Rodchenko: Photography, 1924-1954 (Edison, 1996), p. 261