Lot 452: Arkady Shaikhet

Arkady Shaikhet
'montage globusa na telegrafie moskva', 1928, printed later
Silver Print, signed, titled and dated in ink on the reverse, with Novosti Press Agency wetstamp,
160 by 165mm
Literature:
Another print of this image exhibited and illustrated: Film und Foto, Stuttgart, 1929, p. 29; illustrated: Ute Eskildsen and Jan-Christopher Horak, Film und foto der zwanziger Jahre, Stuttgart, 1979, p. 109, fig. 92.
The image was appropriated by El Lissitzky for use in a montage 'Der sozialistische Aufbau', used within the poster and in a mural for the Soviet section of the International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden, 1930. A print of the montage was sold in these rooms, May 2, 1997, lot 114.