Mayakovsky - The Artist
Moscow: Soviet Artist Publishing House, 1963. 29x29cm: 144pp. First Edition. Text in Russian, profusely illustrated. Tan cloth-covered boards with illustration stamped in red and black to front. Black lettering along spine. Spotting to cloth, with edges and spine darkened. Cloth separating along spine, primarily at front joint. Moderate spotting to first and last few leaves. Pages lightly toned along edges, otherwise internally clean and bright. A Very Good copy of this scarce work, with no copies identified in OCLC.
A visually striking art book and landmark critical study of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s work, a key figure of the Soviet Union Avant-Garde and a Russian Futurist who revolutionized art by rejecting its traditional forms. Although best known as a poet of revolutionary rhetoric, the book captures the work of an artist who thought in images as forcefully as he did in words. This book documents Mayakovsky's early work as a student, his growth as a satirist, and his work in poster art, political art, and graphic design.
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