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Lot 163

[RODCHENKO (ALEXANDER)]
L'art décoratif et industriel de l' U.R.S.S.

17 April 2012, 11:00 BST
Oxford

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[RODCHENKO (ALEXANDER)]

L'art décoratif et industriel de l' U.R.S.S., first edition, 13 plates (2 tipped-in), some browning, publisher's printed wrappers, rubbed, some spotting, contents coming loose, 4to, Moscow, edition du comité de la section de l'U.R.S.S., 1925

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One of the founders of constructivism, Rodchenko (1891-1956) declared in 1921 to have "reduced painting to its logical conclusion...this is the end of painting"; he won the silver medal for the covers of this catalogue.

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