8 June 2016 Russian Art and Photography Auctions
8 June 2016
417. SEMENKA, ANATOLY (20TH CENTURY)
Group Portrait of T. Naito, B. Pasternak, S. Eisenstein, O. Tretyakova, L. Brik, V. Mayakovsky, A. Voznesensky and the Interpreter for T. Naito
Gelatin silver print, 24.5 by 35.5 cm.
600-1,000 GBP
Photographed in 1924 and printed c. 1950s.
Provenance: Possibly, with the archive of the newspaper Pravda (stamp on the reverse).
Borodulin collection, Europe.
Literature: For the published photograph, see L. Grinberg, “Krupneyshiy arkhiv ostalsya bez kontseptsii”, in The Art Newspaper Russia, No. 10, December 2013‒January 2014, illustrated (detail).
M. Smorodinskaya, Mayakovsky i Brik. Istoriya velikoy lyubvi v pismakh, Moscow, Algoritm, 2014, illustrated.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.