The Diver

Aleksandr Rodchenko (Russian, 1891–1956)

1934

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print, ferrotyped

DimensionsSheet: 30 × 24 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Credit LineSophie M. Friedman Fund

Accession number2017.43

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ClassificationsPhotographs

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InscriptionsVerso inscription and stamp verified by Alexander Lavrentiev (grandson of the artist) Verso, in black pencil, top ctr, in Russian, in the hand of Varvara Rodchenko (daughter of the artist): title and 95 Verso, lower ctr, stamped in purple ink, translating as: "From the collection of A.A. Rodchenko and V.F. Stepanova."

ProvenanceBy descent from the artist to his daughter, Varvara Rodchenko, Moscow, Russia; about 1960s/1970s, sold by Varvara Rodchenko to Caio Garruba (b. 1923 – d. 2015), Spoleto, Italy; 1998, sold by Caio Garruba to Keith de Lellis, New York; 2017, sold by Keith de Lellis Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 2017)