Aleksandr Rodchenko
1891 - 1956
The Pole Vault
gelatin silver print, credit and annotation 'Глава 17' [chapter 17] in pencil, and with a 'univ. prof. ing. lubomir linhart' address stamp on the reverse, framed
image: 3⅜ by 4⅞ in. (8.6 by 12.4 cm.)
frame: 11¼ by 14⅛ in. (28.6 by 35.9 cm.)
Executed in 1937, possibly printed later.
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Condition Report
Provenance
Collection of George Abrams, artist and noted type designer
By descent through family to the present owner
Literature
Aleksandr Rodchenko: Photography, 1924-1954 (Edison, 1996), p. 261