Portrait, 2 Men Smoking
July 30, 2006
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Portrait by Yuri Annenkov circa 1920, sitter G. Wallse, Yallse ?
Portrait, Man with black tie
July 29, 2006
Translated as A. L. Volenkov, or Volenkof perhaps.
portrait by Yuri Annenkov, as seen in a Soviet arts periodical.
Aleksey Mikhailovich Remizov
July 29, 2006
REMIZOV, ALEKSEY MIKHAILOVICH 1877-1957, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and painter. Early novles include: The Clock (1908, tr. 1924) and The Pond (1908).
According to The Columbia Encyclopedia, (Sixth Edition 2005
Copyright 2005 Columbia University Press)
Remizov “described the squalor and brutality of middle-class life in Russian provincial cities. Remizov also wrote many religious legends and grotesque fairy tales. He left Russia in 1921 and settled in Paris, where he continued an active career as both a writer and painter.”
Portrait by Yuri Annenkov
Nikolai Evreinov
July 24, 2006
Nikolai Evreinov, Russian Playwright and Producer, 1879 – 1953.
Portrait by Yuri Annenkov.
Portrait of A Woman by Yuri Annenkov
July 23, 2006
Portrait by Yuri Annenkov. Subject unidentified, may be V. E. Motelava ?
Portrait by Yuri Annenkov
July 22, 2006
Portrait by Russian artist Yuri Annenkov circa 1920 of O. B. or O. V. Galperin ? Correct translation and identification pending…
Portrait of Anna Akhmatova
July 20, 2006
Anna Akhmatova, pseud. of Russian poet , Anna Andreyevna Gorenko,1888-1966. Artist, Yuri Annenkov.
Hygienically Wrapped Corn
July 16, 2006
Corn!
July 16, 2006
3 Tasty Plates
July 15, 2006
Photographs from a Soviet Cookbook. Printed in the USSR, 1952.
A Versatile Dressing
July 15, 2006
From a Soviet Cookbook. Printed in the USSR, 1952.
From the Sea
July 15, 2006
One of many photographic illustrations from a Soviet Cookbook. Printed in the USSR, 1952.
Viking Pencil, 1926
July 11, 2006
Russian magazine advertisements, back cover, 1926.
Rooster, 1926
July 11, 2006
Magazine Advertisements, 1926
July 11, 2006
Back Cover 1926
1927 Detail
July 11, 2006
1927 Detail
Originally uploaded by Mirabilia.
1927, Advertisements
July 11, 2006
Russian magazine, date 1927. Advertisements on back cover.
1927, Russian Arts Periodical
July 11, 2006
The Pencil
July 4, 2006
The Stenberg Brothers, The Pencil.
Original is offset lithograph. 41 9/16 x 27 5/16″. Batsu Art Gallery, The Ruki Matsumoto Collection, Tokyo.
MOMA sold a reproduction of this poster as well as one for the “The Trial of the 3 Millions”.
Constructing A Revolution In Soviet Design
July 4, 2006
Stenberg Brothers: Constructing A Revolution In Soviet Design, a 1977 exhibit at MOMA.
The MOMA website features (4) selected works, posters for The Man from the Forest, The Pencil, The Traitor, and General.
The publication that accompanied the exhibit:
Stenberg Brothers: Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design
Christopher Mount, with an essay by Peter Kenez
75 illustrations; 63 color illustrations
96 pages; paperback (1997)
0-87070-051-0
Stenberg Bros. Poster 1926
July 4, 2006
Translated as “The Trial About The Three Millions”.
Knyazhna Mary
July 4, 2006
“Princess Mary”, more from the bpx collection on Flickr.
Russian Constructivist Film Poster
July 3, 2006
‘His Career’ from an amazing collection of 1469 Russian and Soviet Posters, posted by bpx on Flickr. See the whole set here.
Translation supplied as “Ego Karyera” (“His Career”).
Soviet Carte Postale
July 3, 2006
Soviet Carte Postale
Originally uploaded by Mirabilia.
Soviet Carte Postale with two interesting monochrome graphic details.
