USSR im Bau, der Nordost-Seeweg ist offen.
by Lissitzky, El
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About This Item
1933. LISSITZKY, El. USSR im Bau. Der Nordost-Seeweg ist offen. No. 9. [ca. 58] pp., illustrated with Russian photomontage images throughout and a concertina foldout plate. Folio, 415 x 300 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: Staatlicher Kunstverlag, 1933. A fine copy of one of the most sought-after issues of this landmark periodical, this one devoted to opening up of the Eastern sea route. As Martin Parr says, "from 1930-1940 URSS en Construction employed the best Soviet photojournalists and graphic designers. Amongst the photographers were Max Alpert, Arkadi Shaikhet, Georgi Zeima, Boris Ignatovich, Semen Fridland and Georgi Shaikhet. Designers included El Lissitzky, Sophie Kueppers, Aleksandr Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova, and Nikolai Troshin who designed this issue and over forty others. All the visual strategies of the propaganda photobooks, designed by Lissitzky, Rodchenko and others -- the elaborate photomontages, innovative photography, fold-out pages, transparent overlays and so on -- were developed in URSS en Construction, one of the most beautifully produced magazines of the twentieth century." It was published in Russian, French, English and German. This is the German version. In fine condition. Parr and Badger, The Photobook I, 148-149.
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- Ursus Books (US)
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- 169671
- Title
- USSR im Bau, der Nordost-Seeweg ist offen.
- Author
- Lissitzky, El
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1933
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