Mother

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Artist Alexander Rodchenko (Russian, 1891–1956)Russian, 1891–1956

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, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.1986

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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"

The photograph appears to be unsigned.

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