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Roses

Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
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Early 20th Century Russian artist Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii’s color-drenched photographs of his homeland are not only stunningly beautiful and electrically enduring, they are pioneering works of art on several levels. Prokudin-Gorskii tirelessly captured corners of then-Czar Nicholas II’s Empire that had never been documented before. Traveling in a railroad car-turned-darkroom sponsored by the Czar, the artist developed and championed methods of dynamic, vibrant image-making that were truly avant garde for the time.  

New York-based, internationally-recognized critic, curator, writer, educator and art authority Lyle Rexer wrote of Prokudin-Gorskii's process for our debut editions by the artist—Stog siena (Haystack) and Siren (Lilacs)—that “Where many photographers of the time might have created hand-colored lantern slides on glass (for public presentations), Prokudin-Gorskii shot his glass plate negatives in triplicate, with three color filters. When projected all at once in overlay through corresponding filters, the images appeared in vibrant color. Printing was a more complicated issue, and few prints were actually made. It’s likely the photographer built his own camera in order to make simultaneous exposures. He also made prints in sepia tone, an equally emphatic aesthetic gesture.” 

Two additional works by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii that we’re thrilled to edition in partnership with the Library of Congress, In a conservatory and Roses, were both shot and developed c.1905-1915 by the artist during the thick of his aforementioned photographic survey. Prokudin-Gorskii was not just a visionary documentarian, but a scientist—which is no surprise, given his creative drive to experiment with processes, composition, subject matter and, of course, color. 

Roses is an almost stolen-feeling portal to a moment in time long ago, in a place long lost. Compositionally, Prokudin-Gorskii’s giant, absolutely wild rose bush takes on an almost anthropormorphic quality. It becomes a creature one might encounter while walking down a forest path in a Russian fairy tale. It forces the viewer to confront and notice its heft, its plump, weighty blooms, its no doubt thorny mass. Prokudin-Gorskii seems to portray this mountainous body of roses with an attitude that marries approaches taken by not only Monet, but Magritte and Hockney. It’s delicate and dangerous. Confrontational and tempting. Yours to see forever, thanks to his eye, his skill and his dedication to pushing forward the dimensionality of his craft into something that not only documents, but emanates feeling while appearing shockingly contemporary all these years later. What gifts. 

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Innova Exhibition Photo Baryta

8"x8" | Edition of 10
11"x11" | Edition of 200
16"x16" | Edition of 25
20"x20" | Edition of 10
30"x30" | Edition of 5

Artist - Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii

Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii

Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii is remembered for spearheading innovative work in color photography at the turn of the 20th century. After traveling to Berlin to study photochemistry in 1901, Prokudin-Gorskii returned to Russia to a railroad-car turned darkroom sponsored by Czar Nicholas II. He made his way through the Empire documenting the life and landscapes he came across, eventually earning wide recognition throughout Russia, Germany, and France. In 1906, he became the president of the photography department of Russia’s foremost photography journal, Fotograf-Liubitel. Prokudin-Gorskii is best known for his color portrait of Leo Tolstoy, taken in 1908.

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