RUSSIA [MAGAZINE]. LEF. Moscow, No. 1/1923. 23.1 x 15.2, pap - Lot 122

RUSSIA [MAGAZINE]. LEF. Moscow, No. 1/1923. 23.1 x 15.2, paperback, color cover by Alexander RODCHENKO (spine slightly worn, a few holes in the margins). Lef, a magazine founded in Moscow by the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and Ossip Brik; the first issue had a print run of 3,000 copies, which is small by Russian standards. Alexander Rodchenko, a major Russian artist, painter, graphic designer, and photographer famous for his photomontages, was the founder of Russian Constructivism. Reproduced in: - GLOBAL AVANTGARDE TYPOGRAPHY 1915–1950, p. 345, RUSSIA 17 - THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOK 1919–1934, p. 180 - THE AVANT-GARDE APPLIED, p. 249

Estimate:$1,680.03

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