Books and Manuscripts · Lot 1409
[Russia]. Pravda.
No.72 (5598). Moscow, Pravda, 14 March 1933, fold. newspaper, 4p., large photomontage ill. by G. KLUCIS, folio.
- Lot
- 1409
- Auction
- Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024
- Estimate
- €80 – €100
- Photos
- 1 photo
Condition
Torn/ dam. and brittle at intersection of folds (within illustration).
Notes
Special edition of the Pravda state newspaper devoted to the 50th anniversary of Karl Marx' death, with a photomontage by Gustav Klucis on the frontpage, incorporating the portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, surrounded by workers and revolutionaries. After Klucis was executed as an "enemy of the people" in 1938, most remaining copies of the issue were destroyed. Gaßner/ Nachtigäller V, 133.