Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
Propaganda Poem about the Labor Code in the USSR, by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Sergei Tret'iakov – Moscow, 1924 – Illustrations by Samuil Adlivankin
Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Рассказ про то, как узнал Фадей закон, защищающий рабочих людей [Story of How Fadei Found out about the Law That Protects Working People], by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Sergei Tret'iakov. Moscow: Труд и книга (Trud i Kniga), 1924. Russian. Illustrations by Samuil Adlivankin.
A poem written in the form of a children's poem in order to explain the new labor code in the USSR and its advantages. Printed alongside the text are illustrations by Samuil Adlivankin depicting the state of the workers before the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War and the improvement in their lives under the new regime. Color front cover illustration by Adlivankin.
The artist Samuil Adlivankin (Самуил Адливанкин, 1897-1966) was born in Tatarsk (Mogilev province) and as a child, received traditional Jewish education. In 1912–1917, he studied at the Odessa Art School and during the years 1918–1919, he studied in Moscow, under the direction of the painter Vladimir Tatlin, one of the leaders of the Russian avant-garde movement. During the 1920s, Adlivankin drew caricatures for various magazines and designed propaganda posters in collaboration with Vladimir Mayakovsky. In the 1930s, he travelled several times to the Jewish agricultural settlements in Crimea and Ukraine, which inspired several of his works depicting the life of the Jewish farmers. Like many other Jewish artists and intellectuals in the USSR, during the late 1940s, Adlivankin was accused of "cosmopolitism"; his works were subjected to severe criticism and until the mid-1950s were not displayed in exhibitions. His first and only solo exhibition was held in Moscow in 1961, a few years before his death.
47, [1] pp, 17.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tears along the spine and an approx. 4.5 cm tear at the bottom of the front cover.
A poem written in the form of a children's poem in order to explain the new labor code in the USSR and its advantages. Printed alongside the text are illustrations by Samuil Adlivankin depicting the state of the workers before the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War and the improvement in their lives under the new regime. Color front cover illustration by Adlivankin.
The artist Samuil Adlivankin (Самуил Адливанкин, 1897-1966) was born in Tatarsk (Mogilev province) and as a child, received traditional Jewish education. In 1912–1917, he studied at the Odessa Art School and during the years 1918–1919, he studied in Moscow, under the direction of the painter Vladimir Tatlin, one of the leaders of the Russian avant-garde movement. During the 1920s, Adlivankin drew caricatures for various magazines and designed propaganda posters in collaboration with Vladimir Mayakovsky. In the 1930s, he travelled several times to the Jewish agricultural settlements in Crimea and Ukraine, which inspired several of his works depicting the life of the Jewish farmers. Like many other Jewish artists and intellectuals in the USSR, during the late 1940s, Adlivankin was accused of "cosmopolitism"; his works were subjected to severe criticism and until the mid-1950s were not displayed in exhibitions. His first and only solo exhibition was held in Moscow in 1961, a few years before his death.
47, [1] pp, 17.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tears along the spine and an approx. 4.5 cm tear at the bottom of the front cover.
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