KHLEBNIKOV, ALEXANDER (1897-1979) Milk . Gelatin silver print, 30 by 23.5 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1930s. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Alexander Khlebnikov (1897–1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of Russian still life photography. He was also one of the first Soviet photographers who worked in advertising. He was a pupil of Alexander Grinberg and a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. It was he who helped and encouraged Stepanova to start the Sovetskaya zhenshchina magazine in 1945. Around that time he got actively involved in the fashion and advertising industry of the USSR. Together with Georgy Soshalsky, in 1961 he founded Novator, a highly influential photo club.
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KHLEBNIKOV, ALEXANDER (1897-1979) Glass Jug and Mug . Gelatin silver print, 30 by 40 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Alexander Khlebnikov (1897–1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of Russian still life photography. He was also one of the first Soviet photographers who worked in advertising. He was a pupil of Alexander Grinberg and a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. It was he who helped and encouraged Stepanova to start the Sovetskaya zhenshchina magazine in 1945. Around that time he got actively involved in the fashion and advertising industry of the USSR. Together with Georgy Soshalsky, in 1961 he founded Novator, a highly influential photo club.
KHLEBNIKOV, ALEXANDER (1897-1979) Glass Jug and Tumbler . Gelatin silver print, 40 by 30 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Alexander Khlebnikov (1897–1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of Russian still life photography. He was also one of the first Soviet photographers who worked in advertising. He was a pupil of Alexander Grinberg and a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. It was he who helped and encouraged Stepanova to start the Sovetskaya zhenshchina magazine in 1945. Around that time he got actively involved in the fashion and advertising industry of the USSR. Together with Georgy Soshalsky, in 1961 he founded Novator, a highly influential photo club.
KHLEBNIKOV, ALEXANDER (1897-1979) Classic Still Life , signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1966 on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, laid on cardboard, 26.5 by 39 cm. Photographed and printed in 1966. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Exhibited: 8 vystavka. Moskovskii fotoklub “Novator”. 1961–1966, Moscow, 1966 (label on the reverse). Alexander Khlebnikov (1897–1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of Russian still life photography. He was also one of the first Soviet photographers who worked in advertising. He was a pupil of Alexander Grinberg and a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. It was he who helped and encouraged Stepanova to start the Sovetskaya zhenshchina magazine in 1945. Around that time he got actively involved in the fashion and advertising industry of the USSR. Together with Georgy Soshalsky, in 1961 he founded Novator, a highly influential photo club.
KHLEBNIKOV, ALEXANDER (1897-1979) Perfume Bottles . Gelatin silver print, 12 by 18 cm. Photographed and printed c. late 1940s. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Alexander Khlebnikov (1897–1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of Russian still life photography. He was also one of the first Soviet photographers who worked in advertising. He was a pupil of Alexander Grinberg and a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. It was he who helped and encouraged Stepanova to start the Sovetskaya zhenshchina magazine in 1945. Around that time he got actively involved in the fashion and advertising industry of the USSR. Together with Georgy Soshalsky, in 1961 he founded Novator, a highly influential photo club.
SHOKIN, LEONID (1896-1962) Crimea and The Moskva-Volga Canal , two works, one signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1924 on the mounting paper. Each gelatin silver print, measuring 22.5 by 18.5 cm and 20.5 by 16.5 respectively. Crimea was photographed and printed in 1924 and The Moskva-Volga Canal c. 1938. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Leonid Shokin (1896–1962) was born and spent all his life in the small town of Kimry in Tver region, where he, together with his brother, set up a branch of the Russian Photographic Society. Before and after the October Revolution he participated in many exhibitions in Russia and in the West. In the late 1920s, Shokin, already an acclaimed photo artist, decided to take up work as a photo correspondent for rural newspapers, a move that allowed him to continue working and to keep his family home and studio, and avoid a risk of being purged for the “decadency” of his previous style. Carrying out official commissions, he photographed local party leaders and workers. After World War II, he continued working as a local photo journalist. In spite of that he managed to preserve throughout these years his gift for subtle psychologism and his fondness for lyricism, be that in portraiture or landscapes.
SHOKIN, LEONID (1896-1962) Winter Sunset and Winter Twilight , two works, one signed, inscribed in Cyrillic “g. Kimry/ul Volodarsk 4 a” and titled on the reverse, also further signed twice, variously inscribed, titled twice, once in Cyrillic, and numbered “N 2” on the mounting card on the reverse; and the other sign Each gelatin silver print, measuring 18.5 by 23.5 cm and 21 by 27.5 cm respectively. Winter Sunset photographed and printed c. late 1930s and Winter Twilight in 1939. Provenance: Collection of the photographer. Thence by descent. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Leonid Shokin (1896–1962) was born and spent all his life in the small town of Kimry in Tver region, where he, together with his brother, set up a branch of the Russian Photographic Society. Before and after the October Revolution he participated in many exhibitions in Russia and in the West. In the late 1920s, Shokin, already an acclaimed photo artist, decided to take up work as a photo correspondent for rural newspapers, a move that allowed him to continue working and to keep his family home and studio, and avoid a risk of being purged for the “decadency” of his previous style. Carrying out official commissions, he photographed local party leaders and workers. After World War II, he continued working as a local photo journalist. In spite of that he managed to preserve throughout these years his gift for subtle psychologism and his fondness for lyricism, be that in portraiture or landscapes.
GRACHEV, MIKHAIL (1916-2009) Moscow by Night , stamped with the photographer's stamp. Gelatin silver print, 37 by 28.5 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1940s–1950s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. A prominent Soviet photographer, Mikhail Grachev (1916–2009) started his career working for the daily Izvestia in 1936. He took pictures of the major Soviet construction sites, including the construction of the Great Fergana Canal. During World War II, he led the photo department of Izvestia and worked as a photo correspondent for Vechernyaya Moskva. He was deployed to the Kalinin and Western Fronts, and worked in Leningrad during the siege. During the Battle of Moscow in 1941–1942, he photographed the offensives for Volokolamsk and Tula. From 1949, he worked for the magazine Sovetsky Soyuz.
GRACHEV, MIKHAIL (1916-2009) Children's Railway Built by Schoolchildren , stamped twice with the photographer's stamp and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 26 by 39 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1940s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. A prominent Soviet photographer, Mikhail Grachev (1916–2009) started his career working for the daily Izvestia in 1936. He took pictures of the major Soviet construction sites, including the construction of the Great Fergana Canal. During World War II, he led the photo department of Izvestia and worked as a photo correspondent for Vechernyaya Moskva. He was deployed to the Kalinin and Western Fronts, and worked in Leningrad during the siege. During the Battle of Moscow in 1941–1942, he photographed the offensives for Volokolamsk and Tula. From 1949, he worked for the magazine Sovetsky Soyuz.
IGNATOVICH, BORIS (1899-1979) Military Exercise . Gelatin silver print, 52.5 by 37.5 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1930s. Provenance: With the Grekov Studio of Military Artists, from 1948 (stamp on the reverse). Private collection, Europe. The iconic Russian photographer Boris Ignatovich (1899–1979) started out as a journalist, but from 1922 developed an interest in photography. In 1926 became one of the directors of the Association of Photo-Correspondents at the Publishing House (Dom pechati); and in 1928 together with Alexander Rodchenko he set up Oktiabr, a group of progressive artists, architects and filmmakers. He also worked for Ogoniok, Sovetskoye foto and SSSR na stroike. In the 1930s, Ignatovich filmed several documentaries, continuing at the same time to work as a journalist. He also headed the illustration department of the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva and collaborated with the agency Soyuzfoto and several other periodicals specialising in construction. During World War II, he worked as a war correspondent on German-occupied territories, producing a well-known series of photographs documenting the Soviet resistance movement. After the war, Ignatovich became one of the directors of the legendary Moscow photo club Novator.
BALTERMANTS, DMITRY (1912-1990) She Found Her Husband..., from the Series “That's How it Was” , stamped with the photographer's stamp and the photographer's estate stamp, titled in Cyrillic, inscribed “seriya “Tak eto bylo” and dated “(Kerch 1942 g.)” on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 30.5 by 40.5 cm. Photographed in January 1942, printed c. 1970. The photograph depicts the massacre of Kerch residents by the Nazis in 1941. One of the women, V. Tereshchenko, is captured searching among the bodies for her husband. The photograph was published in the Ogoniok magazine in March 1942. Provenance: Estate of the photographer. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Dmitry Baltermants (1912–1990), a prominent Soviet photojournalist and war correspondent, earned his fame during World War II, in particular thanks to his coverage of the Battles of Stalingrad and Moscow, and military offensives in the Crimea. One of his most famous photographs is Grief, from the series “That’s How it Was”, capturing the massacre by the Nazis of the Kerch inhabitants in 1941. After the war, Baltermants worked as photo editor at the magazine Ogoniok. Many of his war images were initially censored because of their disturbing content and were only first published in the 1960s during the Thaw. Baltermants had personal exhibitions in London and New York, and was one of the very few photographers of the Soviet era who won widespread acclaim in the West during his lifetime.
KHALDEI, EVGENY (1917-1997) Red Flag on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin , signed on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 24 by 30.5 cm. Photographed in May 1945, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. Evgeny Khaldei (1917–1997) was a legendary Soviet photographer and war correspondent, the author of the most iconic war image Raising the Flag over the Reichstag. Khaldei made his first photograph at the age of 13 on the camera he constructed himself, while working at a factory. He studied photography and gained experience by working for numerous Soviet periodicals and for the Fotokhronika TASS agency. Khaldei was mobilised as a TASS photo correspondent from the very beginning of World War II and recorded it through to the Victory Day. He took the most emotionally charged images, which quickly obtained symbolic status. His world-famous photograph of the Raising the Flag over the Reichstag was printed in millions of copies. Many people saw the war through his images. He photographed the Potsdam Conference, signing of the German Instrument of Surrender and negotiations of the Marshall Plan in Paris. Some of the photographs he made were used as documentary evidence material during the Nuremberg trials.
KHALDEI, EVGENY (1917-1997) Soldiers Carrying a Wounded Comrade , signed on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 34.5 by 48 cm. Photographed c. 1941–1945, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. Evgeny Khaldei (1917–1997) was a legendary Soviet photographer and war correspondent, the author of the most iconic war image Raising the Flag over the Reichstag. Khaldei made his first photograph at the age of 13 on the camera he constructed himself, while working at a factory. He studied photography and gained experience by working for numerous Soviet periodicals and for the Fotokhronika TASS agency. Khaldei was mobilised as a TASS photo correspondent from the very beginning of World War II and recorded it through to the Victory Day. He took the most emotionally charged images, which quickly obtained symbolic status. His world-famous photograph of the Raising the Flag over the Reichstag was printed in millions of copies. Many people saw the war through his images. He photographed the Potsdam Conference, signing of the German Instrument of Surrender and negotiations of the Marshall Plan in Paris. Some of the photographs he made were used as documentary evidence material during the Nuremberg trials.
KHALDEI, EVGENY (1917-1997) Liberation of Austria , signed on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 29.5 by 40.5 cm. Photographed in April 1945, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. Evgeny Khaldei (1917–1997) was a legendary Soviet photographer and war correspondent, the author of the most iconic war image Raising the Flag over the Reichstag. Khaldei made his first photograph at the age of 13 on the camera he constructed himself, while working at a factory. He studied photography and gained experience by working for numerous Soviet periodicals and for the Fotokhronika TASS agency. Khaldei was mobilised as a TASS photo correspondent from the very beginning of World War II and recorded it through to the Victory Day. He took the most emotionally charged images, which quickly obtained symbolic status. His world-famous photograph of the Raising the Flag over the Reichstag was printed in millions of copies. Many people saw the war through his images. He photographed the Potsdam Conference, signing of the German Instrument of Surrender and negotiations of the Marshall Plan in Paris. Some of the photographs he made were used as documentary evidence material during the Nuremberg trials.
MARKOV-GRINBERG, MARK (1907-2006) The Battle of Kursk and Soldiers Carrying Out an Attack , two works, one measuring 27.5 by 40.5 cm and the other 40.5 by 26.5 cm. Each gelatin silver print, one measuring 27.5 by 40.5 cm and the other 40.5 by 26.5 cm. Photographed in 1943, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. Mark Markov-Grinberg (1907–2006) was very active in the 1930s when he took some of the most famous images of the time, such as Portrait of the Stakhanovite coal miner Nikita Izotov and photograph Youth, made at one of the Moscow recreation centres. During World War II Markov-Grinberg served as a soldier and only in 1943 became a war correspondent for Krasnoarmeiskaya illiustrirovannaya gazeta. In the 1950s he worked for the VDNKh Publishing House and several periodicals. He participated in many international exhibitions, including those in Australia, Germany, France and England.
ZELMA, GEORGY (1906-1984) Mass Grave. Stalingrad , signed, stamped with the photographer's estate stamp and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 44.5 by 58 cm. Photographed c. 1942–1943, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Estate of the photographer. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Georgy Zelma (Zelmanovich) (1906–1984) began his photographic career working for the agency Russfoto in 1921; he was its correspondent in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Central Asia in 1924–1927. After he relocated to Moscow in the late 1920s, Zelma, alongside his peer Alexander Rodchenko, began to experiment with avant-garde photographic technologies. In the decade that followed, Zelma’s work was published on the pages of Izvestia, Krasnaya zvezda, SSSR na stroike and other periodicals. At that time he specialised in documenting major construction projects, collaborating most notably with the celebrated documentary filmmaker Roman Karmen. During World War II, Zelma was a correspondent for Izvestia, shooting on the frontlines in Moldova and Ukraine. His most important work during the war is the Battle of Stalingrad series.
ZELMA, GEORGY (1906-1984) Defenders of Stalingrad . Gelatin silver print, 25 by 37 cm. Photographed in 1942–1943, printed c. 1940s–1950s. Provenance: Estate of the photographer. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Georgy Zelma (Zelmanovich) (1906–1984) began his photographic career working for the agency Russfoto in 1921; he was its correspondent in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Central Asia in 1924–1927. After he relocated to Moscow in the late 1920s, Zelma, alongside his peer Alexander Rodchenko, began to experiment with avant-garde photographic technologies. In the decade that followed, Zelma’s work was published on the pages of Izvestia, Krasnaya zvezda, SSSR na stroike and other periodicals. At that time he specialised in documenting major construction projects, collaborating most notably with the celebrated documentary filmmaker Roman Karmen. During World War II, Zelma was a correspondent for Izvestia, shooting on the frontlines in Moldova and Ukraine. His most important work during the war is the Battle of Stalingrad series.
ZELMA, GEORGY (1906-1984) Residents of Stalingrad Walking through the Liberated City . Gelatin silver print, 41 by 60 cm. Photographed in 1943, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Estate of the photographer. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Georgy Zelma (Zelmanovich) (1906–1984) began his photographic career working for the agency Russfoto in 1921; he was its correspondent in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Central Asia in 1924–1927. After he relocated to Moscow in the late 1920s, Zelma, alongside his peer Alexander Rodchenko, began to experiment with avant-garde photographic technologies. In the decade that followed, Zelma’s work was published on the pages of Izvestia, Krasnaya zvezda, SSSR na stroike and other periodicals. At that time he specialised in documenting major construction projects, collaborating most notably with the celebrated documentary filmmaker Roman Karmen. During World War II, Zelma was a correspondent for Izvestia, shooting on the frontlines in Moldova and Ukraine. His most important work during the war is the Battle of Stalingrad series.
ZELMA, GEORGY (1906-1984) Soldiers Taking an Oath. Stalingrad , panorama, consisting of two joined photographs. Each gelatin silver print, 20 by 27 cm (overall size). Photographed in 1943, printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Estate of the photographer. Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Georgy Zelma (Zelmanovich) (1906–1984) began his photographic career working for the agency Russfoto in 1921; he was its correspondent in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Central Asia in 1924–1927. After he relocated to Moscow in the late 1920s, Zelma, alongside his peer Alexander Rodchenko, began to experiment with avant-garde photographic technologies. In the decade that followed, Zelma’s work was published on the pages of Izvestia, Krasnaya zvezda, SSSR na stroike and other periodicals. At that time he specialised in documenting major construction projects, collaborating most notably with the celebrated documentary filmmaker Roman Karmen. During World War II, Zelma was a correspondent for Izvestia, shooting on the frontlines in Moldova and Ukraine. His most important work during the war is the Battle of Stalingrad series.
§ BINDE, GUNARS (B. 1933) Seated Nude by the Chair , stamped with the photographer's stamp, titled in Cyrillic and numbered “43” on the reverse. Gelatin silver print, 49 by 40 cm. Photographed and printed c. 1960s–1970s. Provenance: With the Museum of Viljandi, Estonia, c. 1980 (stamp and inscription on the reverse). Private collection, Europe. Gunars Binde (b. 1933) is a Latvian photographer who is perhaps best known for his erotic photos. He taught at Riga School of Applied Arts (1964–1975), worked as a photographer for the Research Council of the Latvian Society for the Preservation of Historical Sites (1975–1977), then for the Daugava Museum (1977–1994) and for the Latvian Ministry of Defence. Binde’s favourite genres are portraiture, landscape and particularly nudes. He has had over 30 personal exhibitions all over the world and is an Eminent Photographer of the International Federation of Photographic Art. His works are held in the museums in France, Denmark, Austria and others.
§ BINDE, GUNARS (B. 1933) Praying Nude and Nude, from the series “Heliography” , two works, one signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated, and the other stamped with the photographer's stamp on the reverse. Each gelatin silver print, measuring 25.5 by 17.5 cm and 24.5 by 18 cm respect. Photographed and printed c. 1960s. Provenance: Private collection, Europe. Gunars Binde (b. 1933) is a Latvian photographer who is perhaps best known for his erotic photos. He taught at Riga School of Applied Arts (1964–1975), worked as a photographer for the Research Council of the Latvian Society for the Preservation of Historical Sites (1975–1977), then for the Daugava Museum (1977–1994) and for the Latvian Ministry of Defence. Binde’s favourite genres are portraiture, landscape and particularly nudes. He has had over 30 personal exhibitions all over the world and is an Eminent Photographer of the International Federation of Photographic Art. His works are held in the museums in France, Denmark, Austria and others.
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