Pioneer with a Bugle

1930

Aleksandr Rodchenko

Associated Names
Aleksandr Rodchenko

Artist, Russian, 1891 - 1956

The image shows a partial view of a person's face taken from an unusual low-angle perspective. The camera captures the person from below, focusing on their chin, mouth, and nose, with the upper part of the face slightly obscured due to the angle. The person appears to have short hair, and their facial features include lips that are in contact with the mouthpiece of a brass instrument. The image is in black and white. The person is wearing clothing that covers their shoulders, and they are holding or playing a brass musical instrument that partially obscures the face. The background consists of a blurred view, with an area of indistinct sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on tissue paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.3 x 19.8 cm (9 9/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.122.5


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland; NGA purchase, 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

on verso, center left stamped in purple ink: Архив А. М. Родченко / В. Ф. Степановой № ___ [Archive of A. M. Rodchenko V. F. Stepanova No.___]; by unknown hand, center in graphite: Пионер 1930г [Pioneer 1930]

Wikidata ID

Q64032511

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