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Alexander Rodchenko was born in Saint Petersburg in 1891 and died in Moscow in 1956. He worked as a painter, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. Trained partly at the Kazan School of Art, he participated in the Russian avant-garde and subsequently in Constructivist experiments. His activity developed alongside the social transformations following the revolution. Between 1920 and 1930 he taught in the woodwork and metalwork departments of Moscow’s Higher Art and Technical Studios.
His Spatial Construction no. 12, dated around 1920 by the Museum of Modern Art, transforms a sheet of plywood into a suspended volume: cut ovals unfold within one another. This investigation accompanies a trajectory from non-objective painting towards social applications of images, including typography, book design and photography.
This profile brings together identity references for Alexander Rodchenko and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Genève Enchères · Kornfeld
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Watercolour
Composition constructiviste
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2020-12-10
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Composition
watercolour
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Published result : 150000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 30000
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