Cautionary Tales · Stop No. 38
Rasputin
“I'm a survivor. Hey! Hey! Hey!”
- Era
- Russia, 1916, allegedly concluded
- Provenance
- Petrograd, the Neva, eventually
- Medium
- Photogravure on mustard ground
- Edition
- Open edition
Poisoned, shot, and delivered to a frozen river, Grigori Rasputin maintained an attendance record most employees would envy. The portrait celebrates persistence as a personality flaw. His assassins filed no fewer than three completion reports.
Executed in a photographic register that departs from the house woodcut idiom. Held for study while the curators debate whether the Archive's walls can accommodate a second visual dialect.
Under Study
The Gift Shop
- Museum Reproduction Tee
- Exhibition Poster