Feb 29, 2024 - Sale 2660

Sale 2660 - Lot 249

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

VARVARA STEPANOVA (1894-1958)

[ENEMY - INTERVENTION! ENEMY - BLOCKADE! / BUT WE ARE KEEPING A VIGILANT WATCH]. 1930.


29½x21 inches, 75x53¼ cm. Izogiz, Moscow.
Condition B+: small repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins; reinforcement tape on verso; small replaced losses, minor skinning and pin holes corners; minor creases and abrasions in image. Paper.

The photograph has been previously attributed to Margaret Burke-White who took similar photos in Russia during this period, but this photo of the soldier is in the collection of the MoMA, as a collaged gelatin silver print on paper with ink, on board by Stepanova. (MoMA 503.2018). Stepanova was married to Aleksandr Rodchenko, and worked closely with the circle of Constructivist artists.