Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue Designed by Solomon Telingater – "Kukryniksy" Trio – Moscow, 1932
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Отчетная выставка за 6 лет, Карикатура, политплакат, книга, журнал, газета, живопись, театр [Retrospective Exhibition of Six Years' Work: Caricature, Political Poster, Book, Journal, Newspaper, Painting, Theater]. Exhibition Catalogue featuring works of the "Kukryniksy" trio of artists – Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov. Moscow: Изогиз [Izogiz], 1932. Russian. Design: Solomon Telingater.
Retrospective exhibition catalogue spotlighting the diverse artistic output of the painters belonging to the "Kukryniksy" trio over a six-year period. The catalogue opens with a caricature of the trio by artist Aminadav Kanevsky, followed by introductory remarks by Maxim Gorky and B. Malkin.
"Kukryniksy" (Кукрыниксы) is the group name for three painters – Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov – who worked together for decades, mostly producing illustrations and caricatures for books. Their achievements earned each of them the titles "Popular Painter of the Soviet Union," "Hero of Socialist Labor," the USSR State Prize, and, in 1965, the Lenin Prize. The name "Kukryniksy" is an acronym composed of the first letters of the names of the three artists.
The catalogue was designed by the artist Solomon Telingater (Соломoн Телингaтер, 1903-1969), who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and studied art in Baku and Moscow. He was a book and typeface designer and a member of the "October Group" alongside El Lissitzky and Aleksandr Rodchenko. In 1963, he became the first Soviet artist to receive the Iohan Gutenberg award for designing books and typefaces.
[2] pp. cover, [4] pp., [16] half-pages (pages in middle of catalogue originally cut into halves), [4] pp., [1] p. back cover, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains, particularly to cover. Minor creases and folds to edges of some leaves and cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Retrospective exhibition catalogue spotlighting the diverse artistic output of the painters belonging to the "Kukryniksy" trio over a six-year period. The catalogue opens with a caricature of the trio by artist Aminadav Kanevsky, followed by introductory remarks by Maxim Gorky and B. Malkin.
"Kukryniksy" (Кукрыниксы) is the group name for three painters – Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov – who worked together for decades, mostly producing illustrations and caricatures for books. Their achievements earned each of them the titles "Popular Painter of the Soviet Union," "Hero of Socialist Labor," the USSR State Prize, and, in 1965, the Lenin Prize. The name "Kukryniksy" is an acronym composed of the first letters of the names of the three artists.
The catalogue was designed by the artist Solomon Telingater (Соломoн Телингaтер, 1903-1969), who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and studied art in Baku and Moscow. He was a book and typeface designer and a member of the "October Group" alongside El Lissitzky and Aleksandr Rodchenko. In 1963, he became the first Soviet artist to receive the Iohan Gutenberg award for designing books and typefaces.
[2] pp. cover, [4] pp., [16] half-pages (pages in middle of catalogue originally cut into halves), [4] pp., [1] p. back cover, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains, particularly to cover. Minor creases and folds to edges of some leaves and cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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