he knew how to do everything. he cooked incredibly tasty pastries. if he waited for guests, he prepared the food and put it on the table himself. he chopped wood and heated the fireplace and the water heater himself. he liked the floor to be shining and thus he polished it himself. —anna konopleva, gan’s stepdaughter

Aleksei Gan sitting at his desk

Aleksei Gan, 1924. Photo by Alexander Rodchenko.

 

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