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Auction 48 · Lot 241
Tairoff (Kornfeld), Alexander. Das Entfesselte Theater. Aufzeichnungen eines Regisseurs [“Theatre Unbound. Notes of a Director.”]
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $350
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(LISSITZKY, EL).
printer
Feyl
Place
Berlin
Publication
1923
Description
FIRST EDITION. Cover design by El Lissitzky. Frontispiece portrait of Author. Numerous plates.
summary
Alexander Tairov (Kornfeld) was the Director of the Moscow Chamber Theater. In 1914 he introduced abstract geometric forms by painters Alexander Exter and Giorgi Yakulov, and by architect Alexander Vesnin. See R. Apter-Gabriel, Tradition and Revolution: The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-Garde Art 1912-1928 (1987), pp. 126, 140. Also see Busch-Reisinger Museum Catalogue, El Lissitzky (1987) no. 1923/5; Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934 (2002) no. 477, p. 197.
pp. (8), 112. Trace foxed. Original pictorial boards, rubbed. 4to
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