A. AROSEFF, V. STÉPANOVA, A. RODTCHENKO LE CINÉMA EN URSS, 1936.

Лот 613

300400

First French Edition. Moskau, Voks, 1936. Illustrations and photomontages by V. Stépanova and A. Rodchenko. Editor-in-chief, A. Aroseff. 1 large volume in-8, 326 pages, publisher’s red half cloth binding, illustrated boards (tear with missing illustration on first board), spotting to endpapers and blank leaves, title and endpaper detached, trace of rust to staples. 26,7 x 20 x 2 cm This copy is complete with the Chinese shadow portrait of Stalin printed in silver on transparent paper and the fold-out plate giving a panoramic fold-out view of the interior of a cinema. A window above shows Lenin’s face. Page 145/146 has been removed by the censors. Aleksandr Yakovlevich Arosev (1890-1938) Russian writer, revolutionary and diplomat. Varvara Fedorovna Stepanova (1894-1958) and Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1956) A couple of artists from the Kazan school, friends of Wassily Kandinsky.

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