Apr 26, 2018 - Sale 2475

Sale 2475 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(DESIGN / RODCHENKO, ALEKSANDR.) L'Art Decoratif U.R.S.S. Moscou-Paris 1925. 13 plates, two of which are tipped-in color plates, and numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations. Articles by Lebedeff, Arkine, Tugenhold, Nocolsky, Kameneff, and others. 4to, red, black, and grey typographic cover design by Rodchenko, spine perished, contents separated, needs rebinding, unobtrusive dampstaining on front cover, heavier on rear; preliminaries dampstained and continued sporadically throughout text, some marginal tears toward end. From an edition of 3000. MOMA 1531.2000. sold as is. Moscow & Paris, 1925

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Landmark exhibition for the Soviet Union and the western world. The catalogue, for which Rodchenko won a silver medal for book design, brought international attention to Soviet art and design in the areas of porcelain, textiles, graphics, theater, and architecture among other forms.