RODTCHENKO (Alexander) — PHOTOGRAPHS 1920–1938 - Lot 261

RODTCHENKO (Alexander) — PHOTOGRAPHS 1920–1938 RODTCHENKO (Alexander). Photographs 1920–1938. Edited by Evelyn Weiss. Cologne: Wienand Verlag, 1978. Large quarto, paperback, illustrated photographic cover, 182 pp., numerous black-and-white photographic reproductions. Text in German. ISBN 3-87909-082-3. IMPORTANT CATALOGUE DEDICATED TO THE CONSTRUCTIVIST PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALEXANDER RODCHENKO. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, March 17–April 30, 1978, the book brings together photographs taken between 1920 and 1938: portraits, high-angle and low-angle shots, photomontages, and works related to the Soviet avant-garde. Notably included are his portraits of Mayakovsky, Varvara Stepanova, and several figures from the Russian avant-garde. Condition: generally good; slight marks and stains on the cover; interior well-preserved.