Books and Manuscripts · Lot 731
[Rodchenko, A.]. Mayakovsky, V. Pro Eto.
Moscow/ Petrograd, Gos. Izd., 1923, 1st ed., 43p., 8 photomontage plates by A. RODCHENKO, later facs. wr.
- Lot
- 731
- Auction
- Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026
- Estimate
- €250 – €350
- Result
- €850
- Photos
- 3 photos
Condition
Without the orig. wr.
Notes
Rowell/ Wye 505 and ills. p.210f; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.85; Khan-Magomedov p.118f: "In 1923 Mayakovsky's poem Pro Eto was published, with illustrations by Rodchenko which are today regarded as a seminal work of photomontage. In fact, it could be claimed that the painter was the co-author of this work, since he had not limited himself to illustrating the poem in order to render its meaning clearer, but had created a series of artistic compositions, capable of conjuring up profound associations of meaning."