Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 197

Price Realized: $ 188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE.) Fontcuberta, Joan. Sputnik. Introduction by L. Ishi-Kawa. Text in Russian, Spanish and English. Profusely illustrated. 4to, original 1/4 silver-lettered red cloth over photographically illustrated paper-covered boards. Madrid: Fundacion Arte y Tecnologia, (1997)
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first edition. a bright, fine copy. Fictionalized photo report of a failed 1968 Soyuz launch. "Fontcuberta has brilliantly cut through government red tape to reconstruct and illustrate this tale of heroism and official cover-up. The result is a fascinating document, illustrated with photographic material that recalls the heyday of the great photobooks of El Lissitsky and Alexander Rodchenko" (Parr and Badger II, p.169).