USSR im Bau: Illustrierte Monatschrift (No. 2, February, 1933)
Artist: El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941)
Publisher: Staatlicher Kunstverlag, Moscow, 1933
Printer: Gosnak, USSR (Russia)
Author: S. Friedland
Date: 1933
Dimensions:
book: 16 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (413 x 295mm)
page: 16 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (413 x 295mm)
Medium: Reproductions: photolithographs of photographs and photomontages
Text: photolithography in red
Paper: cream newsprint
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1982.212
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.
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