Alexander Rodchenko
Mother

Mother

© Estate of Alexander Rodchenko / UPRAVIS, Moscow / ARS, NY

Mother
Mother
CultureRussian
Titles
  • Mother
Date1924
PlaceRussia
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (41.1 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (41.1 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1986
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist family, Moskow; Michael Pauseback, Cologne.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Michael Pauseback, Cologne.
Exhibition History"Alexander Rodchenko," Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998.

"Soviet Photography," The Jewish Museum, New York, September 25, 2015–February 7, 2016; The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 11–July 4, 2016; Joods Historiche Museum, Amsterdam, July 27–November 27, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There are some inscriptions in Russian on the verso of the sheet.
Verso, top center, in blue ink: "159 / S ?Y"
Lower half of sheet: Russian stamp in purple ink, and crayon: "73" [circled]
In pencil, verso, lower quarter: " "The Mother Alexander Rodchenko / 1924 print from the orginal glass-plate (broken in the 1930-s) / 0287"



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