Lot 17
  • 17

Alexander Rodchenko

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Rodchenko
  • 'Poet Sergei Tretyakov', vers 1927
  • Silver print
Tirage argentique d'époque. Signé, titré, daté au crayon avec le tampon du photographe au verso.

Provenance

Collection Borodulin

Literature

Alexander Lavrentiev, Rodchenko photography, New York, Rizzoli, 1982, ill. 26 ;
Alexander Lavrentiev, Alexander Rodchenko : Photography 1924-1954, Cologne 1995, ill. p. 95 ;
Rodtchenko, photographe : la révolution dans l'œil, cat. expo., Marseille : Editions Parenthèses ; Paris : Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 2007, ill. p. 51 ;
Alexander Rodchenko : Revolution in Photography, Moscou, 2008, ill. p. 57.

Condition

This print is in overall very good condition. With a small scratch (approx. 1 cm) in the lower right quadrant, only visible in raking light. The top right corner is softened with some light and faint water damage on the recto. The lower margin of the print has been cut out.
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