Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
"On Babel...", Parodies by Alexander Arkhangelsky – Designed by Solomon Telingater with Caricatures by the Kukryniksy Group – Moscow-Leningrad, 1930
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О Бабеле, Гладкове, Жарове, Зориче, Зощенко, Инбер, Клычкове, крест. поэте, Луговском, Никифорове, Олеше, Орешине, Романове, Радимове, Светлове, Сельвинском, Третьякове, Уткине, Шкловском [On Babel, Gladkov, Zharov, Zorich, Zoshchenko, Inber... Utkin, Shklovsky], parodies by Alexander Arkhangelsky. Moscow-Leningrad: Земля и фабрика, 1930. Russian.
A collection of parodies and satirical texts on prominent Soviet-era writers and poets by Alexander Arkhangelsky (Александр Григорьевич Архангельский; 1889-1938).
The texts are accompanied by caricatures and illustrations by members of the "
Kukryniksy" group (Кукрыниксы) – the collective pseudonym of the trio of artists Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov – who worked together for decades, mainly illustrating and creating caricatures for books. For their work, they were awarded the titles "People's Artist of the USSR", "Hero of Socialist Labor", the USSR State Prize, and the Lenin Prize (1965). The nickname "Kukryniksy" is based on the initial letters of the three members' names.
[46], [1] pages + [1] plate (author's caricature). 29 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes.
The book was designed by Solomon Telingater (Соломо́н Бенеди́ктович Телинга́тер; 1903-1969), born in Tbilisi, he studied art in Baku and Moscow, worked in book design and typography and was a member of the "October Group", along with El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko. In 1963, he won the Johann Gutenberg Prize for his work, becoming the first Soviet artist to receive this award.
Solomon Telingater (1903-1969)
Solomon Telingater (1903-1969)