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The works that are depicted and described in this catalogue and formerly held by the Sackner Archive included "Easter Island" by Iliazd, "Of Two Squares" by Lissitzky, and "Ledantiu as a Beacon" by Iliazd. The Sackner Archive still retains "For the Voice" by Lissitzky and Mayakovsky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. Kurt Benedikt was the co-director of Galerie van Dieman in Berlin and purchased the works directly from the artists between 1922 and 1925. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Illustrated and held by or formally held by the Sackner Archive are Dada Souleve Tout; Kleine Dada Soiree by Schwitters and van Doesburg; Petit Cabaret Fantastic by Zdanevich; Het Boek van PTT by Zwart; Die Scheuche by Schwitters, van Doesburg and Steinitz; and an alternative version of the book cover design for Lenin/Gorki by Chaschnik. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition had several books which are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackners purchased a drawing by Lemaitre and a book by Spacgna from this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. The Sackner Archive holds copies of the following books in this sale, "Of Two Squares" and "For the Voice" by El Lissitzky, and "Dante's The Divine Comedy" by Tom Phillips. There were several extremely rare Russian Avant Garde books offered in this sale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Draft of letter regarding Curtay sending the Franklin Furnace exhibition catalogs. The card depicts a photographic image by Rodchenko. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue mainly offers historic photographs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue offers mainly historic photographs of male and female nudes as individual works or as included in books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the definitive contemporaneous catalog of Russian and Eastern European Avant Garde books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue has extensive reproductions of the covers of Russian Avante Garde books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book reprints the poem Mayakovsky's "Pro Eto," written between December 1922 and February 1923, along with English and German translations, documentation, color reproductions of the original photomontages, and critical text. Alexander Lavrentiev writes that "it is a work in which Mayakovsky uses the novel medium of freely associative verse to grapple - sometimes realistically, sometimes availing himself of poetic licence - with love and philistinism, revolution and drinking tea." When Mayakovsky travelled to Berlin for an exhibition of works by graphic artists from Russia, he noticed publications that successfully used photographs and photomontages instead of drawings. He requested Rodchenko, with whom he had previously collaborated in advertising work, to produce photomontages for the book. Pro Eto was published in 1923. The book is considered one of the milestones in innovative literary content and graphic presentation first "because it represents a new kind of love poetry....

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Auction catalogue. At this auction, Uldaltsova watercolor and gouache, constructivist drawings, ranging in size from 19 x 20 cm to 24 x 22 cm, bought $20,000 to $35,000. An Uldaltsova constructivistic drawing, 36 x 24 cm in size, is held by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Russian Avant-Garde books from the Judith Rothschild Collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.