Novyi Lef [New Lef], No. 7 (1928) -

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1928. Octavo (22.3 × 15.2 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers by Rodchenko; 47, [1] pp. With two leaves of plates, each featuring photographs by Rodchenko to verso and recto, on somewhat thicker paper stock. Very faint overall wear; upper right corner slightly bent; overall very good. Single issue of the important journal of the Left Front, one of the key periodicals of the Russian avant-garde, of which twenty-four issues appeared from 1927 to 1928. The journal continued the earlier series "Lef" (Left Front), founded by Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1923 and ceased in 1925 after only seven issues. The first issues of the new series were likewise edited by him, to be succeeded by Sergei Tretiakov. With contributions by Osip Brik ("Simuliatsiia nevmeniaemosti"), B. Kushner ("Stepnoi tekstil'"), N. Chuzhak ("Opyt uchoby na klassike"), Sergei Tret'iakov ("Kazn'" and "Zhivoi 'zhivoi' chelovek"), V. Pertsov ("Marksizm(y) v literaturovedenii"), Zapisnaia knizhka Lefa, L. Volkov-Lannit ("Za ob"ektivnost' ob"ektiva"), P. Neznamov ("Obrechennaia literatura"). Illustrated with four of Rodchenko's striking photographic views of architectural objects, seen from balconies as well as from below at steep angles. The wrappers were likewise designed by Rodchenko. One of 2400 copies printed. Getty 593.