USSR. Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons
EL LISSITZKY. USSR. Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung Koeln. Folding plate consisting of 18 attached plates in concertina form, and 110 pages. 8vo, 213 x 145 mm., original printed wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Cologne: Dumont Schauberg, 1928.
The legendary catalogue for the Soviet Pavilion at the 1928 Pressa exhibition in which Lissitzky headed a 38-member 'collective of creators', who produced most of the display material in the workshop for stage design in Lenin Hills in Moscow. The center piece was a 'photofresco' [...], entitled 'The Task of the Press is the Education of the Masses,' which is reproduced in concertina form in the catalogue. A fine copy of one of Lissitzky's most celebrated and sought-after publications.
Fotografia Publica pp. 29-33.
Item nr. 135084
Price:
$9,750.00