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Kak pakhnet zhizn'
1924
Page: 7 13/16 x 5 1/4" (19.8 x 13.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Iurii Annenkov
Artist
Expressionism
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
14
Works in Collection
30
Assets Indexed
0
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Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Expressionism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988–1989
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European Drawing Between the Wars
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
About
Why this artist matters now
Iurii Annenkov was a Russian painter, graphic designer, and stage designer whose practice moved fluidly between Constructivism, Suprematism, and Expressionism in the early twentieth century. Active in post-revolutionary Soviet culture, he shaped the visual vocabulary of avant-garde theater and graphic design before emigrating to Western Europe in the 1920s. His work bridged abstraction and figuration, employing bold geometric forms and dynamic compositional strategies across painting, typography, and theatrical set design.
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