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The Russian avant-garde book, 1910-1934 / Margit Rowell, Deborah Wye
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REF.PM.1832
304 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
2002
Book design--History, Illustration of books, Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Russia (Federation)--History--20th century--Exhibitions
Featuring some 300 books, this is the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted exclusively to the illustrated books made during this enormously creative period. Prompted by an extraordinary gift to MoMA of more than 1,000 Russian avant-garde illustrated books from The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York, the exhibition represents all the significant artistic developments of the period with works by Kazimir Malevich, Olga Rozanova, Natalia Goncharova, El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, and many others. -- MoMA website. Contents: Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Donor's statement / Harvey S. Shipley Miller -- Art issues/book issues : an overview / Deborah Wye -- A game in hell, hard work in heaven : deconstructing the canon in Russian futurist books / Nina Gurianova -- Primitivism in Russian futurist book design 1910-14 / Jared Ash -- Kruchenykh contra Gutenberg / Gerald Janecek -- Constructivist book design : shaping the proletarian conscience / Margit Rowell -- Plates : A slap in the face of public taste, 1910-24 -- Futurist poets and painters -- The theme of war -- A revolution of the printed word -- Vernacular variations and Judaica -- Transform the world! 1916-33 : Suprematism and the non-objective vision -- Popular revolutionary imagery -- Books for children -- Constructivist graphic design -- Photography and photomontage -- Building socialism, 1924-34 : Architecture and industry -- Photography in the service of propaganda -- Non-official publications.