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Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky, 1934

Boris Ignatovich :: Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky, Moscow, 1934. Gelatin silver print mounted on board.| src Nailya Alexander Gallery
“The writers Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky attend the First Inaugural Soviet Writer’s Congress. Established two years prior, the Writer’s Union abolished all independent literary organizations in the USSR. It also granted the two writers neighboring homes in the town of Peredelniko where Pasternak wrote Doctor Zhivago.” quoted from source

With a Board, 1929

Boris Ignatovich :: With a Board, 1929. Gelatin silver print mounted on board. Title and date in pencil in Russian on verso. | src Nailya Alexander Gallery
“A worker skillfully balances on lumber while carrying another piece of wood over his shoulder. Leading avant-garde artist El Lissitzky incorporated ‘With a Board‘ into his preliminary designs for the 1929 series of books entitled Neus Bauen in Der Welt that represented the architectural fantasies of America, France and Russia.” quoted from source.

Moonlight, 1929

“Guter Mond, du gehst so stille…” Mondnacht am Grunewaldsee von Boris Spahn
“Good moon, you go so quiet …” Moon night at lake Grunewald by Boris Spahn
Published in Revue des Monats, June 1929
src Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig

Actress Dary Holm, 1929

Atelier Binder :: Actress Dary Holm, published in Revue des Monats , June 1929. Caption reads :
“und hinter der Portiere. (Die Filmdarstellerin Dary Holm, die Gattin Harry Piels)”
“and behind the doorman. (Film actress Dary Holm, wife of Harry Piels)”
src Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig