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KULAGINA-KLUTSIS, Valentina Nikiforovna (1902-19

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Moscow: Vserossiiskogo Soiuza Poetov, 1925. 64 pp., 8vo (180 x 125 mm). Illustrated with 4 drawings by Klutsis. Original decorated wrappers in red and black designed by Kulagina. Condition: wrappers lightly tanned, extremities slightly creased. In addition to their book illustration collaborations, the two artist's often posed for, and inserted themselves into each others works, often disguised as shock workers or peasants. Their dynamic compositions, distortions of scale and space, angled viewpoints and colliding perspectives make them perpetually modern. Klutsis was arrested in Moscow on January 17, 1938, as he prepared to leave for the New York World's Fair. Kulagina agonized for months, then years, over his disappearance. In 1989 it was found that he had been executed by Stalin's order due to his Latvian origin three weeks after the arrest. One of 5000 copies. MoMA 596; Hellyer 223.

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