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Lot 105
  • 105

Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko 1891-1956

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Description

  • Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko
  • 'theatrical square'
the photographer's 'Photo A. M. Rodchenko' credit stamp (translated) and titled, dated '1929' and '1932,' and credited to the photographer in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, matted, framed, 1929

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner from the Rodchenko family through Howard Schickler Fine Art, New York, 1996

Catalogue Note

Bordered by three theaters—the Bolshoi, the Maly, and the Russian Academic Youth theaters—Theater Square was, and still is, a vibrant area of Moscow.  Rodchenko made a series of images of the square from different vantage points, and at different times of year, in an attempt to create a complete picture of Russian life in this creative center (cf. Galassi, Aleksandr Rodchenko, pp. 117 and 255).