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Alexander Rodchenko — Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images
Alexander Rodchenko

Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images

This portfolio brings together thirty gelatin silver prints reproducing some of Alexander Rodchenko's most iconic photographic works, printed later by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin under the auspices of the Rodchenko/Stepanova Archives. A landmark collaboration between Moscow and New York, the 1994 publication presents Rodchenko's revolutionary compositional approaches, characterized by bold diagonal angles, dynamic perspectives, and a stark formal elegance that defined Soviet avant-garde photography. The portfolio stands as both a historical document and a tribute to Rodchenko's enduring influence on modern visual culture.

Medium
Moscow and New York: Rodchenko/Stepanova Archives and Howard Schickler Fine Art, 1994. Thirty gelatin silver prints, printed later by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin.

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November 6, 2015

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Alexander Rodchenko, Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images

This portfolio brings together thirty gelatin silver prints reproducing some of Alexander Rodchenko's most iconic photographic works, printed later by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin under the auspices of the Rodchenko/Stepanova Archives. A landmark collaboration between Moscow and New York, the 1994 publication presents Rodchenko's revolutionary compositional approaches, characterized by bold diagonal angles, dynamic perspectives, and a stark formal elegance that defined Soviet avant-garde photography. The portfolio stands as both a historical document and a tribute to Rodchenko's enduring influence on modern visual culture.

Medium
Moscow and New York: Rodchenko/Stepanova Archives and Howard Schickler Fine Art, 1994. Thirty gelatin silver prints, printed later by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin.
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Architectural Subject, Photography, Male Artist, Documentary Style, Avant-Garde, Documentary Photography, Russian Artist, Early Twentieth Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Constructivism, Archive Collection, Archive Print, Architectural Subjects, Modernist Master, Portfolio Series, Black and White

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