Live Auction 22049The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956)
Lot 61

ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956)

Alexander Rodchenko: Museum Series, Portfolio 1: Classic Images, 1924-1936

Closed19 April 2023

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ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956)
Alexander Rodchenko: Museum Series, Portfolio 1: Classic Images, 1924-1936
Moscow, New York and Los Angeles: Rodchenko/Stepanova Archives and Schickler Lafaille, 1994. 30 gelatin silver prints, one hand-colored, mounted on rag paper, printed later by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin; each with consecutive plate number and numbered '28' in ink on affixed Portfolio label (mount, verso); each image/sheet approximately 6 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (16.5 x 25 cm.) or the inverse; each mount: 17 1/8 x 14 in. (43.4 x 35.5 cm.); accompanied with colophon and catalog number two from a limited edition of 100, with essay by John E. Bowlt; mounted prints contained in a folio and black leather clamshell case embossed with artist's name; number 28 from an edition of 35.

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Plates are as follows:

1. Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, 1924
2. The Poet Vladimir Mayakovski, 1924
3. Fire Escape, 1925
4. Balconies, 1925
5. House of Mosselpron,1925
6. Columns of the Museum of Revolution, 1926
7. Samozveri (Auto-Animals), 1926
8. Boats on the Moscow River, 1926
9. Pine Trees, Pushkino,1927
10. Briansk Railway Station, 1927
11. Cigarette Girl, Pushkinskaya Square, 1927
12. Courier Girl, 1928
13. Glass and Light, 1928
14. Courtyard, 1928
15. Gathering for a Demonstration, 1928
16. Street, 1929
17. Guard, Shukov Tower, 1929
18. Gears, 1929
19. Stairs, 1929
20. Pioneer with a Trumpet, 1930
21. Turn of the Street Car Line, 1932
22. Orchestra, White Sea Canal, 1933
23. Ships in the Lock, 1933
24. Girl with Leica, 1934
25. Diver, 1934
26. Athletes, 1934
27. Horse Race, 1935
28. ‘Dynamo’ Sports Club’, 1935
29. Gymnastics, 1936
30. Male Pyramid,1936