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Russian Literature and Art
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STRAKHOV, Adolf (1896-1979) (illustrator). Programa mizhnarodnoho konkursu na proekt na m'yatinka T. Shevchenkovi v m. Kharkovi [Prospectus for an International Design Competition for a Monument to T.G. Shevchenko in Kharkov]. Kharkov: [Proletaryi], 1930. 101 pp., 8vo (248 x 178 mm). Title and half-title in red and black. 15 plates bound in at back as supplement. Original stiff cream wrappers printed in red and black. Condition: backstrip extremities rubbed, wrappers lightly worn, with minor repairs to corners. one of 1500 copies. Text in Ukrainian, Russian, German and French. The cover and book are an impressive example of Constructivist design by Adolf Strakhov, a famous Ukrainian Cubist sculptor and graphic artist who was also the Commissar of IZO (Art). His best-known work is a poster for Woman's Emancipation. MoMA 90. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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