GENAR/AIR - [Art in revolution]
Reference code
GENAR/AIR
Level of description
Sub-collection
Title
[Art in revolution]
Date/s
[1920-1930?]
Quantity & Format
2 boxes Mixed
Corporate name
Arts Council
Subject
Architecture -- 20th century
Creator
Hayward Gallery
Scope and content
The collection contains photographs and photographic negatives of 1920s and 1930s Russian theatre productions and Russian stage design. It features the work of the Russian avant-garde designer Alexander Rodchenko; theatre, architecture and design.
All text and photograph captions are in Russian. The photographs are under various copyright including Cecilia Gray; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin; Sunday Times Magazine, etc.
Photographs of Russian theatre productions, including: The bath house; The bed bug; Blue blouses; The dawn; Death of Tarelkin Earth in turmoil; I want a child; Kukirol; Lake Liul; The magnanimous cuckold; The man who was Thursday; Phedre; Romeo and Juliet; The struggle and victory; The warrant; Zhirofle - Zhirofle
Theatre negatives: Eisenstein: The Mexican; Ivan Susanin; Shestakov: Man – masses; Shestakov: A profitable job; V. Tatlin: a 17th century clown; Zhirofle – Zhiroflia.
Furniture design by Rodchenko; Trademarks and designs by Rodchenko; Textile designs by Stepanova and Popova; Dress design; Vchutemas (designs); Architecture; Portraits; (ROSTA) windows.
Poster art: the Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) windows. Cartoon-like stenciled posters that summarized the news and were displayed in shop windows throughout Moscow.
16 photomontages to Mayakowsky poems by Yury Rozhkov, 1924. Book of visual poems.
This collection arrived in UEA Archives pre 2004. The material originated from the Sainsbury Centre and relates to an exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery in 1971 and the accompanying catalogue 'Art in Revolution: Soviet Art and Design since 1917, Hayward Gallery, London, 26 February to 18 April 1971.' [London] : Arts Council, 1971.
All text and photograph captions are in Russian. The photographs are under various copyright including Cecilia Gray; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin; Sunday Times Magazine, etc.
Photographs of Russian theatre productions, including: The bath house; The bed bug; Blue blouses; The dawn; Death of Tarelkin Earth in turmoil; I want a child; Kukirol; Lake Liul; The magnanimous cuckold; The man who was Thursday; Phedre; Romeo and Juliet; The struggle and victory; The warrant; Zhirofle - Zhirofle
Theatre negatives: Eisenstein: The Mexican; Ivan Susanin; Shestakov: Man – masses; Shestakov: A profitable job; V. Tatlin: a 17th century clown; Zhirofle – Zhiroflia.
Furniture design by Rodchenko; Trademarks and designs by Rodchenko; Textile designs by Stepanova and Popova; Dress design; Vchutemas (designs); Architecture; Portraits; (ROSTA) windows.
Poster art: the Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) windows. Cartoon-like stenciled posters that summarized the news and were displayed in shop windows throughout Moscow.
16 photomontages to Mayakowsky poems by Yury Rozhkov, 1924. Book of visual poems.
This collection arrived in UEA Archives pre 2004. The material originated from the Sainsbury Centre and relates to an exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery in 1971 and the accompanying catalogue 'Art in Revolution: Soviet Art and Design since 1917, Hayward Gallery, London, 26 February to 18 April 1971.' [London] : Arts Council, 1971.
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