Alexander RODCHENKO (1891-1956) Lot n° 46

Stacking Lumber, Vakhtan Sawmill, 1930 Vintage silver print, 11.5x18 cm, artist's stamp In 1930, Rodchenko was commissioned to direct a soviet movie with the poetical name of Chemical Treatment in the Forest. But the film company's camera equip­ment never functioned, Rodchenko rely on his personnal equipment including his famous Leica. The resulting series Stacking Lumber, Vakhtan Sawmill, was publi­shed in one 1936 issue of USSR in Construction, dedicated to the timber trade.