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Born 1899. Died 1935. Pupil of Tatlin and Rodchenko at [[VKHUTEMAS]] and member of [[OBMOKHU]] who exhibited designs involving the spiral form in the 1920 OBMOKHU exhibition. Also created paintings called ''Colour Constructions''.
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'''Kazimir (Konstantin) Kostantinovich Medunetsky''' (Константин Константинович Медунецкий; 1899, Moscow - c1935) was a Constructivist sculptor and stage designer. He studied under [[Vladimir Tatlin]] and [[Alexander Rodchenko]] at [[Vkhutemas]] (Higher Art and Technical Studios) and was a founding member of [[OBMOKhU]] (Society of Young Russian Artists) in 1919.  
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''Spatial Construction'' (formerly ''Construction No. 557''), 1919, in Yale University Art Gallery, is his only surviving sculpture.
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==Works==
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===Spatial Constructions===
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<gallery>
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Medunetsky_Konstantin_1919_Spatial_Construction_Construction_no_557.jpg|''Spatial Construction (Construction No. 557)'', 1919. Tin, brass, painted iron, and steel. 46x18x18 cm (with base). [http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/43794 Yale].
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Medunetsky_Konstantin_1921_Spatial_Constructions_b.jpg|''Spatial Construction'', 1921.
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Medunetsky_Konstantin_1921_Spatial_Constructions_a.jpg|''Spatial Construction'', 1921.
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Medunetsky_Konstantin_1921_1992_Spatial_Construction_a.jpg|''Spatial Construction'', 1921. Reconstruction 1992 by Michael Duchting. Steel and wood, 61x40x13 cm.
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Medunetsky_Konstantin_1921_1992_Spatial_Construction_b.jpg|''Spatial Construction'', 1921. Reconstruction 1992 by Michael Duchting. Steel and wood, 84x44x39 cm.
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</gallery>
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==See also==
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* [[Russia#Avant-garde]]
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[[Category:Constructivism|Medunetsky, Konstantin]]

Latest revision as of 10:10, 3 August 2015

Kazimir (Konstantin) Kostantinovich Medunetsky (Константин Константинович Медунецкий; 1899, Moscow - c1935) was a Constructivist sculptor and stage designer. He studied under Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko at Vkhutemas (Higher Art and Technical Studios) and was a founding member of OBMOKhU (Society of Young Russian Artists) in 1919.

Spatial Construction (formerly Construction No. 557), 1919, in Yale University Art Gallery, is his only surviving sculpture.

Works[edit]

Spatial Constructions[edit]

See also[edit]