Konstantin Medunetsky

Kazimir (Konstantin) Kostantinovich Medunetsky (1899, Moscow - c. 1935) was a Constructivist sculptor and stage designer who was a pupil of Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko 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 Yale University Art Gallery, is the only surviving example of Medunetsky's sculpture.Lodder, Christina. "Medunetsky, Konstantin." in Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 May 2013. It was originally purchased by Kathrine Dreier in 1922 for the Société Anonyme."MEDUNETSKY, Kazimir (Konstantin) Kostantinovich." in Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

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 Kamerny Theatre.Smith, Bernard. (1998) Modernism's History: A Study in Twentieth Century Art and Ideas. New Haven: Yale University Press, p. 170. ,

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.Konstantin Medunetsky. Invaluable, 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

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)

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