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GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [BUILDING SOCIALISM UNDER THE BANNER OF LENIN.] 1930. 39 1/4x28 1/4 inches, 99 3/4x71 3/4 cm. Condition B+: tears and repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; creases and abrasions in margins and image; minor losses and staining at edges; tape on verso. Paper. Using a photomontage entitled, "Plan for the socialist offensive," which he had made in 1929, this was Klutsis' first poster to depict Stalin. "Klutsis now used the cut-and-paste method [of photomontage] with a much more subtle hand, heavily retouching seams between combined photographs in a way that evokes Stalin's notion of 'political superimposition.' This enabled Klutsis to announce, in visual terms, the birth of the totalitarian mentality that occurs 'when reactionary concepts are superimposed upon revolutionary emotion'" (Klutsis p. 62). Iconography of Power cover, Klutsis pl. 110, Witkovsky p. 64.
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