Monument to the Third International, 1920
Vladimir Tatlin and an assistant in front of the model for the Third International, Schwarz-Weiß-Photographie, 1920, photographer: Nikolai Punin;source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatlin%27s_Tower_maket_1919_year.jpg, public domain.
The Monument to the Third International, often called Tatlin’s Tower, was designed by Russian artist and architect Vladimir Tatlin (1885–1953), but never built. The tower was to be built of iron, steel and glass in St. Petersburg after the October Revolution in 1917. It was supposed to be a symbol of modernity that surpassed even the Eiffel Tower in Paris in height, but excessive material costs prevented its construction. Today, only models of the ambitious structure survive.
Vladimir Tatlin and an assistant in front of the model for the Third International, Schwarz-Weiß-Photographie, 1920, photographer: Nikolai Punin; source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.