[Russian Constructivism] Rodchenko, Alexander (1891-1956). Stairs, 1930

Gelatin silver print, 25 x 39.4 cm. Printed ca. 1988. Stamp of 'Collection Fiolet' and some annotations in an unknown hand verso.

Sl. dam. around the edges and some warping. *One of Rodchenko's iconic photographs; in the image, a women carries a child up the stairs. Rodchenko took the photo from a high vantage point and used an unusual angle to accentuate the diagonal lines. The present photograph was part of the traveling exhibition '20 Soviet Photographers 1917-1940' and was printed from the original negative under the supervision of Grigory Chudakov, editor-in-chief of Sovietskoje Foto.