Boris Ignatovich (1899-1976)
At the Hermitage, 1930
Gelatin silver print
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.8 cm)
Titled, dated and signed on verso
Boris Ignatovich (1899-1976)
Youth, 1937
Gelatin silver print, mounted on board
28.9 x 39.5 in. (73.4 x 100.2 cm)
Boris Ignatovich (1899-1976)
Shower, 1935
Gelatin silver print
23 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (59.1 x 42.4 cm)
"In 1935, photographer Boris Ignatovich, a former member of the October Group, took a photograph of a group of young, athletic men in a public shower. It showed one figure sitting in the foreground, his muscular back to the viewer, with more bathers standing together in the background. Ignatovich's friend, painter Alexander Deyneka, came across this photograph and asked if he could use it as a prototype for one of his paintings. Later he produced a work which he himself considered to be a failure in comparison to the original photograph."
Arts Magazine, November 1989. Independent curator, scholar and critic Margarita Tupitsyn, Ph.D.
Boris Ignatovich (1899-1976)
Pioneers and Homeless Children, May Day, 1927
(Marching on Tverskaya Street, Moscow)
Gelatin silver print, mounted on board
18 1/2 x 23 inches (47 x 58.4 cm)
Boris Ignatovich (1899-1976)
Molten Steel, 1938
Gelatin silver print, mounted on board
26.5 x 39.9 in. (67.2 x 101.4 cm)
Arkady Shaikhet (1898-1959)
Express, 1939
Gelatin silver print
15 11/16 x 21 1/4 in. (39.8 x 54 cm)
Signature and stamp on verso
This photograph is an embodiment of dynamism, a symbol of the new Soviet society moving towards a bright future. The steam conceals the wheels and the engine appears almost like a dirigible about to take off. The sky is superimposed for a more dramatic effect. Published in Soviet Photo #2 in 1940, this photograph became one of the greatest achievements of Soviet photography. Soviet design in the late 1930s cannot be imagined without the Soviet metro, aviation and this Express engine.
Arkady Shaikhet (1898–1959)
First Soviet Cars for Export, 1929
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 in. (24 x 18 cm)
Photographer's signature and stamp on verso
Georgy Petrussov (1903-1971)
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, Moscow, 1939
The Sculpture was created by Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris
Vintage gelatin silver print
11 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (29.2 x 23.2 cm)
The Sculpture crowned the Soviet Pavilion opposite the Nazi Germany Pavilion. It was relocated to Moscow and placed outside the All-Russia Exhibition Center when it was opened in 1939.
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
New York Public Library, New York, 2017
Edition 5/10
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
16.5 x 16.2 in. (41.9 x 41.2 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
Morningside Park, New York, 2015
Edition
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
16.5 x 16.2 in. (41.9 x 41.2 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
Venice, Italy, 2006
Edition 8/10
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
16.7 x 16.5 in. (42.4 x 41.9 cm)
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
St. Petersburg, Russia, 1996
Edition 1/15
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
St. Petersburg, Russia.
Edition 7/10
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997
Edition
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993
Edition 8/10
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 17.8 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
Alexey Titarenko (b. 1962)
St. Petersburg, Russia, 1996
Edition 5/10
Toned gelatin silver print, printed and toned by the artist
7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 17.8 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned on verso
