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Published on the occasion of an exhibition at workffortheeyetodo in London, April-May, 1994. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a polemic against Finlay's critics of his books on the staff of the Glasgow Herald. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by Vasily Abgarovich Katanian. This book is highly illustrated with Mayakovsky's artworks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Nine of the 11 drawings reproduced in this book were composed by Scherstjanoi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue includes reproductions of numerous covers of Russian Avant 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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Published in conjunction with Afrika's 1995 exhibition at the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst in Vienna. The folded sheets, placed in the bound-in envelope, contain eight rebuses each. The soft cover book is also bound into the folder. The brown paper used throughout is reminiscent of the paper in Russian Avant Garde books from 1910-1930. This book describes and depicts the copper engraved work of Afrika. It serves as an introduction to Afrika's copper book of engraved rebuses that is held by the Sackner Archive. There were 500 other copies not held by the Sackner Archive that included one copper plate. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition consisted of political posters from the Russian Telegraphic Agency. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This study analyzes the poetic theory and practice of five major Cubo-Futurists: Velimir Khlebnikov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, David Burliuk, Aldksej Kruchenykh and Vasilij Kamenski. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a copy of a lecture given by Martha Wilson. It includes a listing of the slides she used to illustrate her historical points or reference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a copy of a lecture given by Martha Wilson. It includes a listing of the slides she used to illustrate her historical points or reference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a copy of a lecture given by Martha Wilson. It includes a listing of the slides she used to illustrate her historical points or reference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Thirteen poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky and the graphic design of El Lissitzky are combined in this reprint version of this important Russian Avant Garde book, a set with one copy in Russian and the other translated to English. The Sackner Archive holds an original copy (1923). This set of books also includes one edited by Patricia Railing that features a reminiscence by David Burliuk, excerpts from an interview with El Lissitzky, notes on the visual translation of For the Voice, and an essay titled "For the Voice and For the Eye - Notes on the Aesthetics in For the Voice." Each poem by Mayakovsky is extensively annotated by several contributors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.