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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Kurskym Delnikum Prozatimni Pomnik / Rozkov, Juri ; Mayakovsky, Vladimir ; Jiri Taufer, translator ; Picasso P ; Carra C ; Marinetti FT ; Apollinaire G ; Hausmann R ; Grosz G ; Rodchenko A., 1982

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Identifier: CC-35672-37422
Scope and Contents

The book reproduces 17 colored photomontages done by Rozkov in 1924 to illustrate Mayakovsky's poem, "To the Workers of Kursk who Extracted the First Ore - A Provisional Memorial of the Work of Vladimir Mayakovsky." These photomontages were included in an exhibition of Rozkov's work in 1930. Nothing is known about Rozkov's life. This book is stored on one of the 'M' shelves. Not listed in any library on the internet (2012). Includes an introductory essay by Vladimir Remes. Translation of Mayakovsky's 1923 poem into Czech by Jiri Taufer. Yuri Rozhkov, a student at the Vkhutemas State High School for Art and Design created the included color photomontages using lines from Mayakovsky's poem and presented them to the artist. They were included in Mayakovsky's 1928 exhibition "Twenty Years of Work." The original of the montages are currently housed in the collection of the State Literary Museum, Moscow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Politics As Art: Italian Futurism and Fascism / Bowler, Ann; Marinetti FT., 1990

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Identifier: CC-23223-23662
Scope and Contents

This mauscript is unpublished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Volantini Italiani: Frammenti stoici del XX secolo / Echaurren, Pablo, editor ; Marinetti FT., 1997

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Identifier: CC-37151-38994
Scope and Contents

This book documents examples of the political history of Italy with posters and text that include Futurism, Fascism, Nudism, Communism, Rock Music, WWII, and the Vietnamese War among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997