Mayakovsky, Vladimir. Khorosho! Oktiabrskaia Poema [“Excellent! October Poem”]. Text in Russian

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(LISSITZKY, ELIEZER)

printer

Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stov

Place

Moscow-Leningrad

Publication

1927

Description

FIRST EDITION. Constructivist cover design by LISSITZKY.

references

Busch-Reisinger Museum Catalogue, El Lissitzky (1987) no. 1927/3 and pl. 99; Lissitzky-Küppers, El Lissitzy: Life Letters Texts (1980), pl. 137; Museum of Modern Art Catalogue , The Russian Avant-garde Book 1910-1934 (2002) no.4704

summary

The bold red and black cover design of this epic poem by Mayakovsky conforms to the early post-revolutionary agitprop styles, complete with slogans on the lower cover. The influence of Suprematism on Lissitzky’s Constractivist typography is clearly evinced by the present cover

pp. 104. Original color printed boards. 8vo

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