Shtrom [“Stream”]. MonthlyYiddish periodical. No. 3 (1922) * And No. 4 (1923)

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CHAGALL, MARC)

Place

Moscow

Publication

1922-3

Description

With cover illustration by MARC CHAGALL. Two leaves of lithographed illustrations in second volume. Together, two volumes

references

cf. Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution (1987), no.151; Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934 (2002) no.372, p. 143 (illustration)

summary

Chagall’s striking and innovative decoration of the title letters in his cover design for the short-lived monthly periodical Shtrom evokes the turmoil and hope for the new world order in the wake of Russia’s Revolution. Each letter of the title contains a miniature in black and white of a world turned upside-down

I: pp. 84.Lightly browned. * II: pp. 96. Original printed paper wrappers. Lg. 8vo

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