[IAv': Stikhi]

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[IAv': Stikhi]

Artist Aristarkh Lentulov Russian, 1882-1943

Publisher [Izd-vo "IAv'", Moscow], 1919

Author Various artists

Date1919

Dimensionsbook: 10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (267 x 175mm)
page: 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (263 x 165mm)

MediumOriginal print: lithograph in colors (cover) Text: letterpress Paper: heavy brown wove paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1981.2

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Exhibition HistoryTMA show: Russia After the Czars, 1/23/97 - 3/30/97 TMA Russian Books & Prints: Dec.19,1981 - Feb.15,1982 Between the Wars; Sept. 5 2008 through Dec.31 2008Label TextUSSR 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.