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E-CATALOG # 5

 

 

RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

 

   

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1. [V. Kulagina-Klutsis]. A. Kruchenykh. LEF agitki Maiakovskogo, Aseeva, Tret'iakova. Propaganda pieces by the LEF poets Mayakovsky, Aseev, Tretiakov. All Union Poets. Moscow. 1925.  Cover design by V. Kulagina. $3,500.

 

 

 

 




2. [S. Telingater and others]. Oktiabr'. Bor'ba za proletarskie klassovye pozitsii. October. The Struggle for Proletarian Class Positions at the Spatial Arts Front. A manifesto of the avant-garde by former members of LEF, this work advocates the Constructivist approach to art and life.
 
Essays on a variety of aspects of art are highlighted by the superimposition of red onto the text as well as by red arrows and exclamation points emphasizing certain text. Izogiz. Moscow. February, 1931. $4,500.

 

 

 

 

3. M. Voronii. Forward. Covers designed by Boris Kriukov. Book of poetry in Ukrainian inscribed by the author in 1933. Cover edges professionally reinforced. Kharkov-Kiev. 1933. $650.

 

 


 

 

 

 

4. M. Rogov. Lenin. Molodoi Leninets. Cover design by N. Dutov. Biography with illustrations of Lenin's life and death. Moscow. 1924. $350.

 

    

 

 

 

5. [A. Rodchenko]. Kyl'tura i byt. "Culture and Life". 1930 #7. This magazine was published from July, 1928 through 1932. Cover photo of this issue by Alexander Rodchenko and interior photos by Rodchenko and others. Gosizdat. $750.

 


 

6. [K. Vialov]. Negritianskaia operetta. Special issue of Tsirk magazine dedicated to the 1926 tour of the Soviet Union by an all-black musical company. This special issue of the magazine also served as a program for the tour. Photomontage designs throughout.  

 

Konstantin Vialov studied at Vkhutemas and was one of the founders of the OST Group. Gostsirk. Moscow-Leningrad. 1926. Slightly soiled. $3,000.     

 

       






7. Placard advertising the sale of books by Izogiz Publishing House. Constructivist design, circa late 1920s. Lower corners professionally reinforced. $850.

 

 


 

 

   

8. Placard and exhibition catalog for the 1928 exhibition of Vladimir Lebedev's works from 1920-1928 at the Russian State Museum in Leningrad.  $3,500 for both.


   

 

 

 

 

9. [A.F. Sofronova]. N. Tarabukin. Ot mol'berta k mashine. From Easel to Machine. Rabotnik prosveshcheniia. Manifesto of Constructivism written in 1922 that traced the history of modern art from the easel to the machine. Moscow. 1923. Restoration to spine. $2,800.

 

 

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10. Iskorka. Two (2) issues from the first year of publication. 1924-3 and 1924-7. Issues from the first year of Iskorka are extremely rare. $1,200 for both.

 

 

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11. Advertisement booklet/preview for the 1930 publication of �zh and Chizh. 1930 was the first year of publication of Chizh. Leningrad. 1930. $3,000.

 

 

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12. Leningradskoe upravlenie teatral'no-zrelishchnykh predpriiatii. Repertuar kino-teatrov. Leningrad Board for Theatrical Show Enterprises. UTZP. Film and Theater schedule from October 23-28, 1928. Oblono. Leningrad. 1928. $500.

 

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13. Original proof of design for chocolate wrapper, Shokolod Min'on, for Mosselprom. Circa 1920s. $550.
 

 

14. 1-ia Konnaia Armiia (1919-1929). First Mounted (Cavalry) Army (1919-1929). Cover by Gustav Klutsis (shown). Illustrated in Gustav Klutsis - Valentina Kulagina, Posters, Book Graphic Arts, Magazine Graphic Arts, Newsphotomontage, 1922-1937, p.149. Moscow. 2010. Includes contents of twenty-four (24) postcard size reproductions of paintings and (1 photograph) commemorating the early history of the First Mounted Army. GIZ. 1930. $3,500.

 

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15. Sport in USSR. Cover design by Viktor Koretsky. Heavily photo illustrated. (See, plate 13, Koretsky, The Soviet Photo Poster: 1930-1984.) Intourist. Circa 1935. $550.

 

 

 
 

16. Aleksei Gan. Proizvodstvennyi zhurnal. 10 let. Industrial Magazine. 10 Years.  

1927, no 13. (November 7, 1927). Profusely photo illustrated. Constructivist covers and interior. Moscow. $2,250.

 

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17. Photograph measuring 6-1/4" x 8-1/2" of two-story rendering of Vasilii Elkin poster "Long live the Red Army...". Soiuzfoto. Circa 1933. (See, plates 88-89, Rothschild, et al, Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age, Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, 1998). $850.

 
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