"[Tatlin and his 'Letatlin'] an amazing character, but absolutely no artist."
— Vladimir Tatlin

January 1, 1970

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Quote of A. Efros, in 'Mastera raznykh epokh', 'Sovetskii khudozhnik, (Moscow, 1979), p. 547; cited by Vasilii Rakitin in The great Utopia - The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915-1932; Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1992 - note 74