Alexander Rodchenko. Photographs

Original vintage reference Alexander Rodchenko. Photographs by Alexander Lavrentiev, Soviet and Russian art critic, art historian, graphic designer, and curator of photographic exhibitions. The issue is dedicated to Alexander Rodchenko, a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design. The book traces the development of the artist in photography; tells about the various principles of photo frame construction, creation of photomontages; work with other artists of his time, such as Mayakovsky; the creation of film posters for such films as Battleship Potemkin, a 1925 Soviet silent drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein; teaching at the Vkhutemas, the Russian state art and technical school founded in 1920 in Moscow; work in the magazines, such as USSR in Construction, a monthly constructivist publication dedicated to construction projects and industry in the USSR. Features numerous photographs by Rodchenko, including portraits of his contemporaries: Elsa Triolet, Lilya Brik, Alexander Vesnin, Nikolai Aseyev, Esfir Shub, Alexander Dovzhenko, Evgenia Lemberg, and others. Published by Planeta publishing house, Moscow, 191 pages. Very good condition, browning, minor creasing on the spine.