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Radical Genius: Works from A Distinguished Private Collection
ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO (1891-1956)
Maquette for ‘War of the Future’
Details
ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO (1891-1956)
Maquette for ‘War of the Future’
signed in Cyrillic with monogram (lower right)
photomontage, collage and gouache on black paper
20 x 13 ¾ in. (50.8 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Maquette for ‘War of the Future’
signed in Cyrillic with monogram (lower right)
photomontage, collage and gouache on black paper
20 x 13 ¾ in. (50.8 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Provenance
(probably) Lilia Brik, Moscow.
Natan Fedorowskij, Berlin.
Galerie Berinson, Berlin (acquired from the above, circa 1990).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016.
Natan Fedorowskij, Berlin.
Galerie Berinson, Berlin (acquired from the above, circa 1990).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016.
Literature
Za Rubezhom, August 1930, no. 2 (illustrated on the front cover).
G. Karginov, Rodchenko, Paris, 1975, p. 267, no. 134.
J.-L. Cohen, Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge 1893-1960, June 1995 (illustrated on the front cover; illustrated again, p. 126, pl. XX).
T. Böttger, "Flying Objects" in Lufthansa German Airlines, 1991, p. 93 (illustrated, p. 92).
G. Karginov, Rodchenko, Paris, 1975, p. 267, no. 134.
J.-L. Cohen, Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge 1893-1960, June 1995 (illustrated on the front cover; illustrated again, p. 126, pl. XX).
T. Böttger, "Flying Objects" in Lufthansa German Airlines, 1991, p. 93 (illustrated, p. 92).
Exhibited
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Les années 20: L'âge des métropoles, June-November 1991, no. 503 (illustrated in color, pl. 293).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Aleksandr Rodchenko, June 1998-May 1999, p. 274, no. 275 (illustrated in color).
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno and Palma, Fundació La Caixa, Máquines, September 2000-February 2001, no. 54 (illustrated in color).
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Masters of Collage: From Picasso to Rauschenberg, November 2005-February 2006.
Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Rodtschenko, Eine Neue Zeit, June-September 2013, p. 190, no. 110 (illustrated in color, p. 191).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Aleksandr Rodchenko, June 1998-May 1999, p. 274, no. 275 (illustrated in color).
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno and Palma, Fundació La Caixa, Máquines, September 2000-February 2001, no. 54 (illustrated in color).
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Masters of Collage: From Picasso to Rauschenberg, November 2005-February 2006.
Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Rodtschenko, Eine Neue Zeit, June-September 2013, p. 190, no. 110 (illustrated in color, p. 191).
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