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KIRSANOV, Semen Isaakovich (1906-1972). Stikhi v s

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Leningrad: OGIZ, 1932. Panorama designed by Nikolai Ilin. Folio (285 x 210 mm). Original two-color photomontage self-wrappers. Condition: wrappers slightly creased with minor repair at fold. RARE SOVIET PROPAGANDA PANORAMA. ONE OF 5000 COPIES. From an early age, Kirsanov wrote poems about the Revolution, the Red Army and the liquidation of illiteracy. On moving from Odessa to Moscow, he joined Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Lef" movement. During the 1930s, he wrote propaganda that promoted the agitational goals of the Soviet goverment. Stikhi v stroiu glorifies May Day and provides at least one lively marching song. The design of the foldout with its bold typographical experimentation is a fine example of Constructivist aesthetics. The only located copy of this fragile pamphlet in a public institution is in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg.

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