Vladimir Mayakovsky
Impatient with the backwardness of Russia, and in search of a concrete, immediate art, Mayakovsky became the poet of a revolutionary regime. Rodchenko, a fellow revolutionary, evoked his friend's inner conviction in a series of brilliant portraits that match Boris Pasternak's description of his character: "He sat on a chair as on the saddle of a motorcycle....His way of carrying himself suggested something like a decision when it has been executed and its consequences are irrevocable. This decision was his very genius...and he had devoted his whole being to incarnate it without any pity or reserve."
Artwork Details
- Title: Vladimir Mayakovsky
- Artist: Alexander Rodchenko (Russian, St. Petersburg 1891–1956 Moscow)
- Date: 1924
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 16.9 x 11.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.1100.145
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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