Alexander Rodchenko, Photography 1924-1954 by Alexander Lavrentiev. Published by Knickerbocker Press, 1996. Hardcover in original dust jacket. In English, German, and French. Alexander Rodchenko, 1891 to 1956, was a Russian Constructivist artist, pioneer of Soviet Avantgarde photography. Alexander Lavrentiev, born 1954, is a Russian art historian, grandson of Rodchenko. Antiquarian Librarian Books Art Albums For Collectors.