MAYAKOVSKY VLADIMIR (1893-1930) Geroi i zhertvy revolyutsii: Oktiabr 1917-1918 [Heroes and Victims of the Revolution: October 1917-1918]. Moscow: Department of Visual Arts of the People's Commissariat of Enlightenment, 1918. - 19 pages of illustrations; 35x26 cm. Edition of 3,000 copies.

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Publisher's folder. The edition was dedicated to the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. 18 sheets of illustrations were created by artists Kseniya Leonidovna Boguslavskaya (1892-1971), Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlinsky (1891-1967), Sergey Nikolaevich Makletsov, and Ivan Albertovich Puni (1892-1956). "This folder developed in the future into a full revolutionary poster. For us, the main thing is the 'Rosta windows of satire' (V. Mayakovsky, 'Not Just Memories')." It is a great rarity, especially in a complete set. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893-1930) was a Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor, and artist. He is one of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century, a classic of Soviet literature. He was the editor of the journals "LEF" and "Novy LEF." Bibliography: Taraenkow. p. 244.

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