ANATOLY SEMENKA

ANATOLY SEMENKA
(XX)Russian avant-garde, 1924.Gelatin silver print. Printed later, dated 1967.12.8 × 17.4 cm.The verso affixed with typewritten legend, stamped.Literature:
- L. Grinberg: 'Krupneyshiy arkhiv ostalsya bez kontseptsii', in: The Art Newspaper Russia, no. 10, Dec. 2013–Jan. 2014 (variant).
- M. Smorodinskaya. Mayakovsky i Brik. Istoriya velikoy lyubvi v pismakh. Moscow, 2014 (variant).

Sitters include (from left to right): Boris Pasternak, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Tamiji Najito, Nikolai Voznesensky, Olga Tretyakova, Sergei Eisenstein and Lili Brik. Contrary to the legend, the photograph was taken on 11th May 1924.

Slightly rubbed at the outermost corners, small retouchings and light development spots (visible only in raking light). Overall in very good condition.