Liubov PopovaRussian, 1889–1924Untitled
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Accession number
- 685.1993
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- The Museum of Modern Art
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Meanwhile, in the life of Liubov Popova
The whole life1918
Marries Boris von Eding
She marries the art historian Boris von Eding, author of a study, “Rostov Veliky, Uglich”, in the series “Monuments of Artistic Antiquity”; their son is born the same year.
1918
The Tenth State Exhibition
At the Tenth State Exhibition, “Non-Objective Creativity and Suprematism”, she shows her series of architectonic paintings.
1919
Her husband dies; she herself falls gravely ill
Boris von Eding dies of typhoid fever; Popova is also seriously ill but recovers.
by late 1921
Joins the Working Group of Constructivists
Having stayed out of the Working Group of Constructivists when it was set up in Moscow in March 1921, she joins it by the end of that year.
September 1921
The “5×5=25” exhibition
She takes part in the “5×5=25” exhibition with Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Vesnin and Alexandra Exter, each showing five abstract works. They declare that easel painting must be abandoned and all creative work given to the people and to the making of a new society.
1921–1924
Throws herself into Constructivist projects
From 1921 to 1924 she is entirely involved in Constructivist projects, sometimes with Varvara Stepanova, the architect Alexander Vesnin and Alexander Rodchenko: she designs stage sets, book typography, production art and textiles, and contributes dress designs to LEF. Her “Spatial Force Constructions” become the basis of her teaching theory at Vkhutemas.
