HEAD STUDY.
Too Wonderful. All to herself, Head Study or Ėtiud golovki in Russian, between 1905 and 1915. No other information was given, leaving us to imagine mysterious circumstances and stories. Everything is...
View ArticleRUSSIAN DISPLAYS. PART I.
I’ve made a couple of posts sharing the magical photos found on the Library of Congress’s Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection. This Sunday I spent a good portion of the evening devouring...
View ArticleRUSSIAN DISPLAYS. PART II.
More and more displays of Russian culture. Found via Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection. Peasant girls. [Russian Empire] Three mannequins of women in elaborate dress, on wooden stands Old...
View ArticleSOVIET CATALOG.
These images catalog the historic, curious, beautiful designs of Soviet Russia. This is the example of what Soviet Russian citizens could order by mail from their state – the only vendor in the...
View ArticlePRIPYAT, UKRAINE.
The abandoned city of Pripyat was home to Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers. via Pripyat (site created by former residents) PS: Click on the portraits to view larger size. It is totally worth the...
View ArticleVARVARA.
NisN research assignment requested by August Heffner on Varvara Stepanova, Russian constructivist. She was professor of textile design at the Vkhutemas (Higher Technical Artistic Studios) while...
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