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Lot 197 Large Collection of Yiddish Books, Booklets and Periodicals – First Half of the 20th Century
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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A large collection of books, booklets, newspapers and varied journals, most of them printed in Europe and America in the first decades of the 20th century. Yiddish.
For a detailed list, please see Hebrew description.
27 books and booklets; 16 periodicals (approx. 65 issues, some of them bound together). Size and condition vary.
For a detailed list, please see Hebrew description.
27 books and booklets; 16 periodicals (approx. 65 issues, some of them bound together). Size and condition vary.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Catalogue
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
Opening: $200
Sold for: $1,500
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Toi [Dew], by Moishe Broderzon. Moscow: Leben, 5679 [1919]. Yiddish.
Short poems by Moishe Broderzon, written in the style of Japanese Tanka poetry – 31 syllables, written in five lines, in a pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables.
The front cover and page 6 feature an identical illustration – a girl holding two bouquets of flowers – possibly by Ben Zion Zuckerman (1890-1944).
[32] ff., 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Short poems by Moishe Broderzon, written in the style of Japanese Tanka poetry – 31 syllables, written in five lines, in a pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables.
The front cover and page 6 feature an identical illustration – a girl holding two bouquets of flowers – possibly by Ben Zion Zuckerman (1890-1944).
[32] ff., 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Catalogue
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
Opening: $100
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Arbeyter-Luach… [Almanac for the Worker, for the year 1921], second year. Warsaw: Lebns Fragen, 1921. Yiddish. Front cover illustration by Henryk Berlewi (signed in the plate).
Almanac for the Jewish worker for the year 1921. The almanac contains historical-social articles from a socialistic perspective, various reviews of the Jewish society in Poland and Jewish community institutions, with tables and statistical data and biographies of prominent figures in the Socialist movement. At the beginning of the almanac, a Gregorian calendar marking Jewish holidays and festivals, a chronicle of historical events related to the working class and Socialism, and a chronicle of events leading to the founding of the Bund movement.
The Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Berlewi (1894-1967) was one of the leading constructivist artists in Poland in the 1920s. He studied art in Warsaw, Antwerp and Paris. During the years 1919-1921, he worked with the artistic and literary avant-garde group Jung Jiddisch. Berlewi designed and illustrated books; especially remembered are his illustrations for books by poets Uri Zvi Greenberg and Peretz Markish. In 1924, Berlewi published a theoretical essay titled "Mechano-Faktura" in which he introduced the artistic method he had developed – using mechanical means to create texture. The "Mechano-Faktura", which is based on arrangements of lines and simple geometric forms, using the colors black, white and red, rejects the illusion of space in favor of two-dimensionality. In late 1920s, Berlewi moved to Paris, where he mainly focused on painting portraits. After World War II, his works were displayed in several large exhibitions in Paris, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw, Zürich and New York.
286, [10] pp. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Brittle paper. Detached leaves and gatherings. Front and back cover detached. Spine Missing. Creases, tears and small open tears to margins of leaves and cover (not affecting text).
One listing only in OCLC.
Almanac for the Jewish worker for the year 1921. The almanac contains historical-social articles from a socialistic perspective, various reviews of the Jewish society in Poland and Jewish community institutions, with tables and statistical data and biographies of prominent figures in the Socialist movement. At the beginning of the almanac, a Gregorian calendar marking Jewish holidays and festivals, a chronicle of historical events related to the working class and Socialism, and a chronicle of events leading to the founding of the Bund movement.
The Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Berlewi (1894-1967) was one of the leading constructivist artists in Poland in the 1920s. He studied art in Warsaw, Antwerp and Paris. During the years 1919-1921, he worked with the artistic and literary avant-garde group Jung Jiddisch. Berlewi designed and illustrated books; especially remembered are his illustrations for books by poets Uri Zvi Greenberg and Peretz Markish. In 1924, Berlewi published a theoretical essay titled "Mechano-Faktura" in which he introduced the artistic method he had developed – using mechanical means to create texture. The "Mechano-Faktura", which is based on arrangements of lines and simple geometric forms, using the colors black, white and red, rejects the illusion of space in favor of two-dimensionality. In late 1920s, Berlewi moved to Paris, where he mainly focused on painting portraits. After World War II, his works were displayed in several large exhibitions in Paris, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw, Zürich and New York.
286, [10] pp. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Brittle paper. Detached leaves and gatherings. Front and back cover detached. Spine Missing. Creases, tears and small open tears to margins of leaves and cover (not affecting text).
One listing only in OCLC.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Catalogue
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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A Gedyle ojf der Bube!, programme of a show at the Ararat theater managed by Moishe Broderzon. Warsaw, [1934]. Yiddish and Polish.
Programme of the show A Gedyle ojf der Bube! directed by the renowned Yiddish comedians Dzigan and Shumacher, which was performed during the 1934/35 season of the Ararat Theater, at the building of the Nowości Theater in Warsaw. The programme contains a detailed list, in Yiddish and Polish, of the sketches and musical segments included in the show, alongside photographs of the theater manager, the poet Moishe Broderzon, of his wife, the actress Sheyne Miriam Broderzon and of other members of the theatrical group, including Yisroel Shumacher, Shimon Dzigan and Emma Tauber. Printed beneath Broderzon's picture is the song "Ararat-Hymn" [Ararat Anthem] in Yiddish.
The last leaf is designed as a postcard, with the caption "A Gruss von Ararat" and is meant to be torn off.
[8] pp. (two folded leaves), 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. The two leaves are detached from one another. Tears and foxing to original staple holes.
Programme of the show A Gedyle ojf der Bube! directed by the renowned Yiddish comedians Dzigan and Shumacher, which was performed during the 1934/35 season of the Ararat Theater, at the building of the Nowości Theater in Warsaw. The programme contains a detailed list, in Yiddish and Polish, of the sketches and musical segments included in the show, alongside photographs of the theater manager, the poet Moishe Broderzon, of his wife, the actress Sheyne Miriam Broderzon and of other members of the theatrical group, including Yisroel Shumacher, Shimon Dzigan and Emma Tauber. Printed beneath Broderzon's picture is the song "Ararat-Hymn" [Ararat Anthem] in Yiddish.
The last leaf is designed as a postcard, with the caption "A Gruss von Ararat" and is meant to be torn off.
[8] pp. (two folded leaves), 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. The two leaves are detached from one another. Tears and foxing to original staple holes.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Catalogue
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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"Habima's Dybbuk", reproduction of drawings by Ber Horovits – portraits of Habima actors in the play "The Dybbuk." [Vienna?, late 1930s].
20 reproductions of drawings by Ber Horovits (1895-1942). The drawings – portraits of Habima actors in the play The Dybbuk (Hanna Rovina, Tamar Robbins, Shoshana Doar, Chaim Amitai and others) – were created by Horovits in 1938, during a tour of the play in Europe (presumably in Vienna). The reproductions are signed in the plate, some of them dated. All of them are signed by Horovits, in red pen.
The reproductions are accompanied by a leaf with the title "Habima's Dybbuk I – Ber Horovits", handwritten by Horovits (the front of the original paper portfolio cover). [See Kedem, auction 38, lot 114: A series of 39 reproductions titled "Habima's Dybbuk" (different title design).]
Ber Horovits was a Yiddish poet, writer, and artist, born in eastern Galicia. During World War I, he was recruited into the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army and took part in numerous battles. He studied medicine in Vienna and worked as a physician; at the same time, he wrote poems and stories which were published in Yiddish journals and newspapers, and was a member of various literary circles. His first book of poems, "Fun Mayn Heym in di Berg, " was published in 1919. In addition to writing, Horovits was also an illustrator; he even illustrated one of his own books (Vunderlekhe Mayses, 1923). He later lived in Krakow and worked at the Yiddish Theater. From there he moved to Stanislawów (today, Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine), where he was murdered in 1942, presumably by the Nazis.
[1] leaf, [20] reproduction plates. 30 cm. Good condition. Tears and minor blemishes to the title leaf. Lacking the rear portfolio cover.
20 reproductions of drawings by Ber Horovits (1895-1942). The drawings – portraits of Habima actors in the play The Dybbuk (Hanna Rovina, Tamar Robbins, Shoshana Doar, Chaim Amitai and others) – were created by Horovits in 1938, during a tour of the play in Europe (presumably in Vienna). The reproductions are signed in the plate, some of them dated. All of them are signed by Horovits, in red pen.
The reproductions are accompanied by a leaf with the title "Habima's Dybbuk I – Ber Horovits", handwritten by Horovits (the front of the original paper portfolio cover). [See Kedem, auction 38, lot 114: A series of 39 reproductions titled "Habima's Dybbuk" (different title design).]
Ber Horovits was a Yiddish poet, writer, and artist, born in eastern Galicia. During World War I, he was recruited into the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army and took part in numerous battles. He studied medicine in Vienna and worked as a physician; at the same time, he wrote poems and stories which were published in Yiddish journals and newspapers, and was a member of various literary circles. His first book of poems, "Fun Mayn Heym in di Berg, " was published in 1919. In addition to writing, Horovits was also an illustrator; he even illustrated one of his own books (Vunderlekhe Mayses, 1923). He later lived in Krakow and worked at the Yiddish Theater. From there he moved to Stanislawów (today, Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine), where he was murdered in 1942, presumably by the Nazis.
[1] leaf, [20] reproduction plates. 30 cm. Good condition. Tears and minor blemishes to the title leaf. Lacking the rear portfolio cover.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Catalogue
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Two anthologies of poetry and prose by prominent artists of the Futurism and Imaginism movements in Russia. Moscow, 1915/1919. Russian. Cover designs by Aristarkh Lentulov.
1. Весеннее контрагентство муз [The Vernal Agency of the Muses], Futurist anthology edited by David Burliuk and Samuil Vermel. Moscow, 1915.
The anthology features poems and prose by Vasily Kamensky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Nikolai Burliuk, Nikolai Aseev, Boris Pasternak and others, alongside illustrations by David Burliuk; print plate reproducing in color a sketch drawn by Aristarkh Lentulov for the set of a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky; and more.
[3]-107, [5] pp + [1] plate, 27 cm. Lacking first leaf. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Tears to edges of several leaves. Large tears to last two leaves, some open and restored with paper; one reinforced with tape. Stained cover, with tears (spine and additional parts of the cover lacking, restored with paper; affecting text).
2. Явь, Стихи [Reality, Poems]. Moscow, 1919.
Anthology of poems by poets of the Imaginist movement – a Russian avant-garde poetic movement founded in Moscow in 1918, challenging the Futurist movement. The anthology, published approximately concurrently with the movement's manifesto, contains poems by Vadim Shershenevich, Ryurik Ivnev, Sergei Yesenin, Anatoly Mariengof and others.
69 pp, 26.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Stains. Uneven edges. Stains and tears to cover (lacking spine and other parts of cover; restored with paper).
The covers of both booklets were designed by Aristarkh Lentulov (Аристарх Лентулов, 1882-1943), a Russian painter and scenic designer, a member of the avant-garde group "Jack of Diamods" founded in Moscow in 1910.
Provenance: The collection of Uzi Agassi.
1. Весеннее контрагентство муз [The Vernal Agency of the Muses], Futurist anthology edited by David Burliuk and Samuil Vermel. Moscow, 1915.
The anthology features poems and prose by Vasily Kamensky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Nikolai Burliuk, Nikolai Aseev, Boris Pasternak and others, alongside illustrations by David Burliuk; print plate reproducing in color a sketch drawn by Aristarkh Lentulov for the set of a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky; and more.
[3]-107, [5] pp + [1] plate, 27 cm. Lacking first leaf. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Tears to edges of several leaves. Large tears to last two leaves, some open and restored with paper; one reinforced with tape. Stained cover, with tears (spine and additional parts of the cover lacking, restored with paper; affecting text).
2. Явь, Стихи [Reality, Poems]. Moscow, 1919.
Anthology of poems by poets of the Imaginist movement – a Russian avant-garde poetic movement founded in Moscow in 1918, challenging the Futurist movement. The anthology, published approximately concurrently with the movement's manifesto, contains poems by Vadim Shershenevich, Ryurik Ivnev, Sergei Yesenin, Anatoly Mariengof and others.
69 pp, 26.5 cm. Thick paper. Good condition. Stains. Uneven edges. Stains and tears to cover (lacking spine and other parts of cover; restored with paper).
The covers of both booklets were designed by Aristarkh Lentulov (Аристарх Лентулов, 1882-1943), a Russian painter and scenic designer, a member of the avant-garde group "Jack of Diamods" founded in Moscow in 1910.
Provenance: The collection of Uzi Agassi.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Камень, Первая книга стихов [Stone, First Book of Poems] by Osip Mandelstam. Moscow-Petrograd (Moscow-St. Petersburg): Государственное издательство [State Publisher], Библиотека современной русской литературы [Library of Modern Russian Literature series], 1923. Third Edition (content modified with each edition). Russian. Cover Design: Aleksandr Rodchenko.
Third edition of the first book of poems by Osip Mandelstam, first published in 1913 (in the second and third editions printed under this title, changes were introduced in both the selection of poems and their number).
The cover design is the work of Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956) – a Russian artist, designer, sculptor, and photographer, one of the founders of Russian Constructivism.
95, [4] pp., 18 cm. Good condition. Minor tears and creases to edges of cover and to some leaves. Last leaf partly detached from book block. Stains, particularly to cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Third edition of the first book of poems by Osip Mandelstam, first published in 1913 (in the second and third editions printed under this title, changes were introduced in both the selection of poems and their number).
The cover design is the work of Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956) – a Russian artist, designer, sculptor, and photographer, one of the founders of Russian Constructivism.
95, [4] pp., 18 cm. Good condition. Minor tears and creases to edges of cover and to some leaves. Last leaf partly detached from book block. Stains, particularly to cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Catalogue
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
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Сергею Есенину [To Sergei Yesenin], by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Published by Заккнига (Zakniga); printed in Tbilisi (Georgia), 1926. Russian.
The poem written by Vladimir Mayakovsky in memory of poet Sergei Yesenin who committed suicide in December 1925. Cover design and two photomontage works by Alexander Rodchenko.
15, [1] pp, 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and dampstains on the cover and throughout the booklet (dark stains on several pages). Minor blemishes to cover.
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), a poet and playwright, born in Georgia, one of the leading Futurist poets in Soviet Russia. In 1906, he moved with his family to Moscow, where he became acquainted with revolutionary circles and joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. His first poems, so he recalled, were written in the Butyrka prison where he was imprisoned for eleven months in total seclusion. After his release, he decided to focus on literary writing and in 1912 his first two published poems – "Night" and "Morning", appeared in the Futurists' manifesto "A Slap in the Face of Public Taste" (Пощёчина общественному вкусу). In 1915, he first met publisher Osip Brik. Brik became his literary patron and his wife, Lily Brik, became the love of Mayakovsky's life and a source of inspiration for his poetry. After the outbreak of the October Revolution, Mayakovsky adopted a radical ideology and became the poet who was most identified with Soviet Russia. During this period, he edited LEF – the journal of the Left Front of the Arts. Although he was considered at the time a poet-propagandist who lends his talent to the service of the party and its leaders, the influence of Mayakovsky's poetry reached way beyond the borders of Soviet Russia, inspiring among others the Hebrew poets Alexander Penn and Avraham Shlonsky (who were scorned by their opponents as "Little Mayakovskys"). Mayakovsky took his own life on April 14, 1930, putting a bullet through his heart. In a letter he left behind, he wrote: "Please do not gossip. The deceased disliked that sort of thing terribly".
Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1956) – a Russian artist, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer, a member of the Constructivist movement. Rodchenko studied art in Kazan (Tatarstan) and Moscow. In his early days, he was inspired by Cubism and Futurism; yet later was influenced by the Suprematism and the geometric abstraction of Kandinsky and Malevich. Rodchenko was a student of Vladimir Tatlin, and also his assistant. In 1916 he participated in an exhibition curated by Tatlin. In 1919, under Tatlin's influence, he started creating three-dimensional works made of a variety of materials (wood, metal and more), characterized by integrated geometrical forms, forming airy and dynamic compositions.
During the 1920s, he worked regularly with the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, illustrating his books, and contributed photographs and illustrations to the issues of "LEF", as well as to books and publications by other writers, members of the Russian avant-garde movements; he also regularly published his photographs in the press.
Rodchenko is considered one of the most versatile artists of Russian avant-garde: he was one of the leaders of the Productivist group, which advocated the incorporation of art into everyday life, and subsequently, turned also to applied arts and furniture design; later, he became engaged in the art of photography and photomontage (he is considered one of the pioneers of the field), designed posters, illustrated books, worked as a graphic artist and designed theater and cinema sets.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
The poem written by Vladimir Mayakovsky in memory of poet Sergei Yesenin who committed suicide in December 1925. Cover design and two photomontage works by Alexander Rodchenko.
15, [1] pp, 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and dampstains on the cover and throughout the booklet (dark stains on several pages). Minor blemishes to cover.
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), a poet and playwright, born in Georgia, one of the leading Futurist poets in Soviet Russia. In 1906, he moved with his family to Moscow, where he became acquainted with revolutionary circles and joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. His first poems, so he recalled, were written in the Butyrka prison where he was imprisoned for eleven months in total seclusion. After his release, he decided to focus on literary writing and in 1912 his first two published poems – "Night" and "Morning", appeared in the Futurists' manifesto "A Slap in the Face of Public Taste" (Пощёчина общественному вкусу). In 1915, he first met publisher Osip Brik. Brik became his literary patron and his wife, Lily Brik, became the love of Mayakovsky's life and a source of inspiration for his poetry. After the outbreak of the October Revolution, Mayakovsky adopted a radical ideology and became the poet who was most identified with Soviet Russia. During this period, he edited LEF – the journal of the Left Front of the Arts. Although he was considered at the time a poet-propagandist who lends his talent to the service of the party and its leaders, the influence of Mayakovsky's poetry reached way beyond the borders of Soviet Russia, inspiring among others the Hebrew poets Alexander Penn and Avraham Shlonsky (who were scorned by their opponents as "Little Mayakovskys"). Mayakovsky took his own life on April 14, 1930, putting a bullet through his heart. In a letter he left behind, he wrote: "Please do not gossip. The deceased disliked that sort of thing terribly".
Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1956) – a Russian artist, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer, a member of the Constructivist movement. Rodchenko studied art in Kazan (Tatarstan) and Moscow. In his early days, he was inspired by Cubism and Futurism; yet later was influenced by the Suprematism and the geometric abstraction of Kandinsky and Malevich. Rodchenko was a student of Vladimir Tatlin, and also his assistant. In 1916 he participated in an exhibition curated by Tatlin. In 1919, under Tatlin's influence, he started creating three-dimensional works made of a variety of materials (wood, metal and more), characterized by integrated geometrical forms, forming airy and dynamic compositions.
During the 1920s, he worked regularly with the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, illustrating his books, and contributed photographs and illustrations to the issues of "LEF", as well as to books and publications by other writers, members of the Russian avant-garde movements; he also regularly published his photographs in the press.
Rodchenko is considered one of the most versatile artists of Russian avant-garde: he was one of the leaders of the Productivist group, which advocated the incorporation of art into everyday life, and subsequently, turned also to applied arts and furniture design; later, he became engaged in the art of photography and photomontage (he is considered one of the pioneers of the field), designed posters, illustrated books, worked as a graphic artist and designed theater and cinema sets.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Category
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Sold for: $125
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Юность Маяковского ["Mayakovsy's Youth"], by Vasily Kamensky. Tbilisi: Заккнига [Zakkniga], 1931. Russian. Cover design: БорР – Konstantin Bor-Ramensky.
Monograph on Futurist poet and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky, written by his friend, the poet, playwright, and artist Vasily Vasilevich Kamensky (1884-1961), one of the first Russian aviators. This monograph was published only a year after Mayakovsky's death.
The portrait of Kamensky, appearing between pages 24 and 25, was made by Mayakovsky.
The book's cover was designed by the self-taught graphic artist Konstantin Bor-Ramensky (1900-1942), who was among the pioneers of Russian graphic design, and was also active in the field of interior design. Bor-Ramensky was killed in the Second World War. This lithographed cover, printed in red and black, was acclaimed for its distinct Constructivist qualities. All in one, it features Mayakovsky's portrait, the date of the Revolution, Mayakovsky's age at the time of the Revolution, titles of his publications, and a quote from one of his poems.
84 pp., 17.5 cm. Book block in very good condition. Binding in good condition. Minor stains to binding. Tears to spine. Minor blemishes to corners and edges of binding.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Monograph on Futurist poet and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky, written by his friend, the poet, playwright, and artist Vasily Vasilevich Kamensky (1884-1961), one of the first Russian aviators. This monograph was published only a year after Mayakovsky's death.
The portrait of Kamensky, appearing between pages 24 and 25, was made by Mayakovsky.
The book's cover was designed by the self-taught graphic artist Konstantin Bor-Ramensky (1900-1942), who was among the pioneers of Russian graphic design, and was also active in the field of interior design. Bor-Ramensky was killed in the Second World War. This lithographed cover, printed in red and black, was acclaimed for its distinct Constructivist qualities. All in one, it features Mayakovsky's portrait, the date of the Revolution, Mayakovsky's age at the time of the Revolution, titles of his publications, and a quote from one of his poems.
84 pp., 17.5 cm. Book block in very good condition. Binding in good condition. Minor stains to binding. Tears to spine. Minor blemishes to corners and edges of binding.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
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