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Rodchenko, Alexander
(1891-1956)Samozvery

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Samozvery. 1926. Gelatin silver print, printed 1989. 30,3 x 23,8 cm. "Arkana Göttingen" edition stamp, therein numbered "34/50" and annotated in pencil on the verso.

In 1926, Alexander Rodchenko, in collaboration with his wife Varvara Stepanova, created a series of experimental photo illustrations for Samozvery, a children’s book by Sergei Tretjakov. Using artificial lighting and multiple exposures, Rodchenko animated Stepanova’s paper animal figures with striking visual dynamism. Although conceived as a pioneering work of Soviet avant-garde art for young readers, the project was never published and remained at the conceptual stage. – A few light indentation spots, a few minimal nicks in edges, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Alexander Lavrentiev. Alexander Rodchenko - Photography 1924-1954. Cologne: Könemann, 1995. ill. p. 138.