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Russian Literature and Art
7:00 AM PT - Dec 4th, 2008

 

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Lot 181A save

RODCHENKO, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1891-1956) (il

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RODCHENKO, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1891-1956) (illustrator) and Vasilii Vasilevich KAMENSKII (1884-1961). Lunost Mayakovskogo [Mayakovsky's Youth].
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1931. 84 pp., 8vo (180 x 130 mm). Constructivist designs by Rodchenko. Original paper on lithographic cardboard covers in red, gray and black. Condition: minor rubbing to spine, bookplate on front pastedown and previous owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper. Includes a drawing of Kamenskii by Mayakovsky and five printed announcements of Futurist activities, two of which are integrated with the text. Kamenskii's friendship with Mayakovsky extends back at least as far as 1917 when the two, together with David Burliuk, organized The Poets' Cafe in Moscow. Not in MoMA.

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