PWT 38 2015

transmission 38 contents :

A selection of Russian vintage prints 1-12

weekly transmission thursday 24 september 2015

rwt-38 : who is afraid of russia ?

Viktor Grebn

ev, B

erlin, M

ay 1945, see n°10

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N°38 : A selection of prints from the collection of a Russian gentleman

N°11

RWTransmission 38 1 38th week 2015

russian amateur. friendly black bear, 1900’s

Vintage silver print, 135x87 mm. € 100


russian amateur. natural history, 1900’s

Citrate print, 117x90 mm on album page mount. € 100


soviet photographer. marshal budyonny’ young supporters, 1920s

Three (3) vintage silver prints, 85x115 and 60x90 mm. “Semyon Budyonny (1883-1973) wasborn into a poor peasant family near the town of Bolshaya Orlovka, near Rostov... He workedas a farm laborer, shop errand boy, blacksmith's apprentice, and driver of a steam-driventhreshing machine, until the autumn of 1903, when he was drafted into the Imperial RussianArmy. Budyonny joined the Bolshevik party in 1919, and formed close relationships withJoseph Stalin and Klim Voroshilov. Budyonny was considered a courageous and colorful cavalryofficer, but displayed disdain for innovation and a profound ignorance of modern warfare,particularly the impact of tanks, which he saw as "incapable of ever replacing cavalry".

During Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky's Great Purge trial (1937) he stated that Tukhachevsky'sefforts to create an independent tank corps was so inferior to horse cavalry and so illogicalthat it amounted to deliberate "wrecking". To this denouncement, the doomed Tukhachevsky(considered a pioneering innovator in tank warfare) blankly replied — I feel I'm dreaming.


In July–September 1941, Budyonny was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet armed forces ofthe Southwestern and Southern Fronts facing the German invasion of Ukraine. This invasionbegan as part of Germany's Operation Barbarossa which was launched on June 22. Operatingunder strict orders from Stalin to not retreat under any circumstances, Budyonny's forces weresurrounded during the Battle of Uman and the Battle of Kiev. The disasters which followedthe encirclement cost the Soviet Union 1.5 million men killed or taken prisoner. This was oneof the largest encirclements in military history... Despite being blamed by Stalin for some ofthe Soviet Union's most catastrophic World War II defeats (although acting on Stalin's specificorders), he continued to enjoy Stalin's patronage and suffered no real punishment. After thewar he was allowed to retire as a Hero of the Soviet Union” (wikipedia). (3) € 300



circle of meyerhold. the avant-garde soviet theater stage, early 1920s

Three (3) vintage silver print, 115x165 mm, on thin mat paper. (3) € 600


soviet photographer. Long Life to Chinese Revolution !, moscow, 1925

Vintage silver print, 110x162 mm, captioned on mount : “1925” .

“The 1925 May Thirtieth Movement ( 五卅运动;) was a major labor and anti-imperialist move-ment during the middle-period of the Republic of China. It began when Shanghai MunicipalPolice officers opened fire on Chinese protesters in Shanghai's International Settlement onMay 30, 1925. The shootings sparked international censure and nationwide anti-foreigndemonstrations and riots... Alongside public grief at the recent death of China's Republicanhero Sun Yat-sen (12 March 1925), the KMT sought to foment anti-imperial and anti-westernorganizations and propaganda within major Chinese cities... In the early months of 1925 con-flicts and strikes on these matters intensified. Japanese owned cotton mills were a source ofcontention... In February, a group of Japanese managers were attacked while leaving workand one of them was killed. In response Japanese foremen took to carrying pistols while onduty. On May 15, during a violent Neo-Luddite-style riot inside the mill, a Japanese foremanshot a demonstrator named Ku Chen-Hung dead. Over the following weeks Ku Chen-Hungbecame viewed as a martyr by Chinese unions and student groups...” € 200



soviet photographerblack shadows hurrying up, moscow, 1930s

Two (2) vintage silver prints on single-weight soviet paper, 180x240 mm. (2) € 300


viktor grebnev. civilians back in the streets, berlin, may 1945

Post-war silver print, 215x185 mm, printed in 1960’s, signed, captioned in Russian. ViktorGrbnev was the companion reporter of Evgueny Khaldey in Berlin, € 600


viktor grebnev. looking for hitler corpse ?, near berlin bunker, may 1945

Post-war silver print, 215x185 mm, printed in 1960’s, signed, captioned in Russian. ViktorGrbnev was the companion reporter of Evgueny Khaldey in Berlin, € 700


soviet official delegation photographer. kissinger organizes a party for

nikita khrushchev’s first visit to the usa, 1959

Square vintage silver print, 178x178 mm.

Five persons only noticed the presence of the Rolleiflex.

Curious frame on the wall : shadow or reflection of an atomic cloud ? € 300

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PWT 38 2015