GEORGIA [MAGAZINE]. H2SO4. Tbilisi, No. 1/1924. 31.5 x - Lot 140

GEORGIA [MAGAZINE]. H2SO4. Tbilisi, No. 1/1924. 31.5 x 23 cm, superb cover by Irakli GAMREKELI. The only issue of the magazine H2SO4 ever published, printed in a limited run of just 1,000 copies, with exceptional typography. Illustrated by Gamrekeli and Beno Gordeziani. H2SO4, the chemical formula for sulfuric acid, is the name of a collective of Georgian modernist artists and writers. In 1924, they published a single, eponymous magazine combining poems, manifestos, and drawings inspired by Dadaism, Constructivism, and Futurism. A landmark work of the Georgian avant-garde. Exceptional condition. Of the utmost rarity. Reproduced in: - GLOBAL AVANTGARDE TYPOGRAPHY 1915–1950, p. 156, GEORGIA 13 - THE RUSSIAN AVANTGARDE BOOK 1919–1934, pp. 128–129 - NEW GEORGIAN BOOK DESIGN 1920s–30s, p.

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