1st Dec, 2021 9:30
The Collectors Sale
ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO (1891-1956) Three Photographs
At the Telephone, 1928, glossy gelatin silver print, taken 1928, printed by or for the Museum of Modern Art, New York c.1970s, MoMA wetstamps, and pencil inscriptions verso, image 23cm x 16.7cm, sheet 25.4 x 20.4cm (Note: We take this to be a copy print of object 56.1970, the print held by MoMA, as they do not hold the negative if that still exists. MoMA exceptionally made or commissioned high quality gelatin silver prints for specific purposes. This print was in all likelyhood made for printers for a book illustration or for a catalogue of the the 1970 exhibition 'Photo eye of the 20s' or the 1974 exhibition 'Kertész, Rodchenko, Moholy-Nagy: Photographs from the Collection'.
Still-life with Leica, 1929, a good matt gelatin silver print, taken 1929, printed c.1960s, pencil inscriptions in English verso, image 30.1cm x 23.9cm. Condition Report: 7mm tear and remains of archival 'T' hinges at top.
A Ballet Scene, 1937, later glossy gelatin silver copy print, 16cm x 24cm
Sold for £149
Result including buyers premium
At the Telephone, 1928, glossy gelatin silver print, taken 1928, printed by or for the Museum of Modern Art, New York c.1970s, MoMA wetstamps, and pencil inscriptions verso, image 23cm x 16.7cm, sheet 25.4 x 20.4cm (Note: We take this to be a copy print of object 56.1970, the print held by MoMA, as they do not hold the negative if that still exists. MoMA exceptionally made or commissioned high quality gelatin silver prints for specific purposes. This print was in all likelyhood made for printers for a book illustration or for a catalogue of the the 1970 exhibition 'Photo eye of the 20s' or the 1974 exhibition 'Kertész, Rodchenko, Moholy-Nagy: Photographs from the Collection'.
Still-life with Leica, 1929, a good matt gelatin silver print, taken 1929, printed c.1960s, pencil inscriptions in English verso, image 30.1cm x 23.9cm. Condition Report: 7mm tear and remains of archival 'T' hinges at top.
A Ballet Scene, 1937, later glossy gelatin silver copy print, 16cm x 24cm
Auction: The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021
