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Page 89
... Tatlin ( 1885-1953 ) . He had been trained as an icon painter , and been a sailor and perhaps a marine carpenter as well ; both these métiers fed into his sculpture , since each meant working with heterogeneous , " impure " materials ...
... Tatlin ( 1885-1953 ) . He had been trained as an icon painter , and been a sailor and perhaps a marine carpenter as well ; both these métiers fed into his sculpture , since each meant working with heterogeneous , " impure " materials ...
Page 91
... Tatlin at Home 1920 Collage ( original lost ) 16 x II ins ( photo Moderna Museet , Stockholm ) 55 Vladimir Tatlin Model for the Monument to the Third International 1919 The model carried in procession on May Day 1926 at Leningrad ...
... Tatlin at Home 1920 Collage ( original lost ) 16 x II ins ( photo Moderna Museet , Stockholm ) 55 Vladimir Tatlin Model for the Monument to the Third International 1919 The model carried in procession on May Day 1926 at Leningrad ...
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... Tatlin's would be the emblem of twentieth - century skills : in fact , the banner which hung above his model of the tower , bearing the words , " Engineers create new forms , " was later carried through the streets of Moscow by crowds ...
... Tatlin's would be the emblem of twentieth - century skills : in fact , the banner which hung above his model of the tower , bearing the words , " Engineers create new forms , " was later carried through the streets of Moscow by crowds ...
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