Books and Manuscripts · Lotto 732
[Rodchenko, A.]. Mayakovsky, V. Sifilis.
Tbilisi, Zakniga, 1926, 15p., 2 photomontage plates and orig. photomontage wr. by A. RODCHENKO.
- Lotto
- 732
- Stima
- 1.200 € – 1.500 €
- Foto
- 2 foto
Condizioni
Sm. owner's entry in pen and ink on title-p.; trifle creased and fingersoiled. Front- and backwr. waterst. in upper edge.
Note
Rowell/ Wye 662 and p. 214; Compton, Russian avant-garde books p.90f: "Rodchenko also began to play more serious 'games' with photography. For the cover of Mayakovsky's poem, dramatically named Syphilis, he printed a woman's head in negative and continued the metaphor in the photographic illustrations. For instance, opposite page ten, a small man - printed positively - raises his hat to the woman's head - seen in close-up and printed in negative - which dominates the page." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.