Konstantin Medunetsky Untitled Construction, c

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at Vkhutemas (Higher Art and Technical Studios) and founder member of OBMOKHU (Society of Young Russian Artists) in 1919. Medunetsky exhibited designs which included a spiral form at the 1920 OBMOKHU exhibition. ''Spatial Construction (formerly Construction No. 557)'', 1919, in

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, is the only surviving example of Medunetsky's sculpture.Lodder, Christina
"Medunetsky, Konstantin."
in ''Grove Art Online''. Oxford Art Online.

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. Retrieved 7 May 2013. It was originally purchased by Kathrine Dreier in 1922 for the

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. Medunetsky designed the models for the kiosks in the Soviet part of the Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in 1925 and also the decorations for the

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Aliases

Aliases used by Medunetsky included: Kazimir Konstantinovič Meduneckij; Konstantin Konstantinovič Meduneckij; Kazimir Konstantinovich Medunetsky; Konstantin Konstantinovich Medunetsky; Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Medunetzki and Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Medunezkij.

Selected works

*''Spatial Construction (formerly Construction No. 557)'', 1919. Yale University Art Gallery.Spatial Construction (Construction no. 557) .
Yale University Art Gallery, 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2013. *''Spatial Construction'', 1920. *''Holiday'', c. 1920. *Untitled Construction, c. 1924. (see picture, right)

Aliases

Selected works

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