WASSILY KANDINSKY (RUSSIAN 1866-1944), ed. and arti

WASSILY KANDINSKY (RUSSIAN 1866-1944), ed. and artist, "Iskusstvo. Vestnik otdela izobrazitel'nykh iskusstv narodnogo Komissariata po prosveshcheniiu" (Art: Bulletin of the Department of Visual Arts in the People's Commissariat for Enlightenment), Issue No. 1 dated January 5, 1919, pages 1-4 as one sheet, front and back, with original headings and vignettes by Wassily Kandinsky. 485 x 707 mm (19 1/8 x 27 7/8 in.) total sheet size. Rare. A complete set of eight issues of the periodical can be found in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (coll. no. 377.2001.A-H). LITERATURE: "The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 1910-1934," New York: Museum of Modern Art, p.257 (ref. no. 223)

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