Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956)
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Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956)

Composition

Details
Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956)
Composition
signed in cyrillic and dated 'Rodchenko 18' (lower left)
gouache on board
12 5/8 x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.)
Executed in 1918
Literature
L'Oeil, 1993, p. 45 (illustrated).
Libération, August 1993 (illustrated).
V. Arwas (ed.), 'The Great Russian Utopia', Art & Design Profile, no. 29, London, 1993, pp. 22-23 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Yonne, Château de Tanlay, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Regard sur l'avant-garde russe 1910-1928, 1993.
Zaragoza, Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Una mirada sobre la vanguardia russa 1910-1930, 1993, no. 87 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 129); this exhibition later travelled to La Rioja, Logroño.
Klagenfurt, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, The pure art of painting, Kazimir Malevich, October 1999 - January 2000, no. 49 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 49).
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Lot Essay

This work is part of the Concentration of Colours series of 1918 which is related to a group of twelve linocut prints refered to as Prints dated 1919.

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