Vladimir Tatlin valuation
Russian artist whose counter-reliefs and tower for the Third International founded Constructivism.
Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953) grew up in Kharkiv, worked as a sailor and studied art in Moscow.
What a work by Vladimir Tatlin is worth
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Bio
Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953) grew up in Kharkiv, worked as a sailor and studied art in Moscow. A visit to Picasso's studio in Paris shortly before the First World War led him to make his counter-reliefs, wall and corner assemblies of metal, wood and wire. After the Revolution he designed the Monument to the Third International, a leaning spiral tower meant to be taller than the Eiffel Tower, shown as a model in 1920 and never built. He later worked on stage designs and on the Letatlin, a man-powered flying machine.
Very little of his work survives and almost nothing comes to market. The Russian avant-garde has been heavily faked, so anything offered under his name needs rigorous provenance and technical study of the materials. Reconstructions of his counter-reliefs and tower have been made for exhibitions and should be identified as such.
At a glance
- Born
- 16 December 1885
- Died
- 31 May 1953, Moscow
- Movement
- Constructivism
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