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Label Text Brodskij and Utkin were trained at the Moscow Architecture Institute from 1972 to 1978. As with most Soviet architects, they were unable to practice their profession due to censorship and lack of patronage and are therefore "paper architects" -- architects who create buildings solely on paper. They are also accomplished sculptors. Self-taught in etching, they create inticate, densely detailed, fantasy architecture images with narrative. Dwelling house of Winnie-the-Pooh carries the subtitle "in a big modern city." This work presents numerous sketches, ideas, cross-sections and a large elevation for the Pooh's imaginary urban home. The corresponding remarks in the etching are in English, since the artists print and publish their works in the United States. The overall density and architectural dissection of the images is allied to the architectural prints of Piranesi. Source: News, July/August 1991.
Exhibition History"Styles of the Times: The 1990's"

"City Views," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, January 24, 1998 - May 10, 1998
DimensionsSheet: 30 3/4 × 42 3/8 in. (78.1 × 107.6 cm)
Plate: 23 1/4 × 32 1/4 in. (59.1 × 81.9 cm)
Accession Number 1991.43
Classificationsprint
Signedl,r graphite
Inscriptions28/30 (l,l graphite); 1990 (l,r graphite)
Edition28/30
Dwelling House of Winnie-the-Pooh
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Scott Burton
designed 1986, fabricated 1987
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mary Young Bear
Daniel Young Bear-Brown
2023
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Philip Kappel
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Franz Edmund Weirotter
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Hayley Lever
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Harry Callahan
ca. 1977, printed 1980-1981
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Winslow Homer
February 7, 1874
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
T.L. Solien
1986
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Orfeo Tamburi
date unknown