[IAv': Stikhi]
Artist: Aristarkh Lentulov (Russian, 1882-1943)
Publisher: [Izd-vo "IAv'", Moscow], 1919
Author: Various artists
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
book: 10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (267 x 175mm)
page: 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (263 x 165mm)
Medium: Original print: lithograph in colors (cover)
Text: letterpress
Paper: heavy brown wove paper
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1981.2
Label Text:USSR in Construction, published in four languages (here in German), was an instrument of Stalin's government to promote a favorable image of the Soviet Union abroad. Each monthly issue was devoted to a single theme, here the heroic strides made by the Soviet military since the Revolution and the formidable national defense it now presented. Lissitzky designed this and other issues: he coached the photographers, then selected, manipulated, cut, and assembled the photographs. The dynamic layouts convey an optimistic and aggressive message of national strength and collective purpose.
Description
Aristarkh Lentulov
Russian, 1882-1943
IAV'. STIKHI (REALITY: VERSES)
Text by various authors (Andrei Belyi, Boris Pasternak, Sergei Esenin, et al.)
Moscow: Iav', 1919
Photolithograph
Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment,
Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1981.2
Aristarkh Lentulov, a painter and theatrical designer, produced this cover for a collection of verses by poet friends in celebration of the Bolshevik Revolution. His image of a factory uprising, with workers emerging carrying red banners, recalls in mytho-heroic form recent events of the Revolution. The massed procession of workers, prominent flags and banners, and dynamic composition of flattened, angled planes of Lentulov's design reflect the agit-prop (agitational propaganda) style of the many commemorative festivals staged to stimulate enthusiasm and support for the young Communist regime.
Aristarkh Lentulov
Russian, 1882-1943
IAV'. STIKHI (REALITY: VERSES)
Text by various authors (Andrei Belyi, Boris Pasternak, Sergei Esenin, et al.)
Moscow: Iav', 1919
Photolithograph
Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment,
Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1981.2
Aristarkh Lentulov, a painter and theatrical designer, produced this cover for a collection of verses by poet friends in celebration of the Bolshevik Revolution. His image of a factory uprising, with workers emerging carrying red banners, recalls in mytho-heroic form recent events of the Revolution. The massed procession of workers, prominent flags and banners, and dynamic composition of flattened, angled planes of Lentulov's design reflect the agit-prop (agitational propaganda) style of the many commemorative festivals staged to stimulate enthusiasm and support for the young Communist regime.
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