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Russian avant garde

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

A Happy Prosperous New Year, 1990

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-14344-14652
Scope and Contents

Badge depicts a page from El Lissitzky's Tale of Two Squares. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Captured Glance: The Avante-Garde and Advertising in the Twenties / Serger, 1987

 Item — Box 623: [Barcode: 31858072461100]
Identifier: CC-16751-17106
Scope and Contents

The essay by Monica J. Strauss traces the successful collaboration between fine and commercial artists in Germany between the wars and questions the "rigid distinctions between art and design" in contemporary times. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Maiakovski Poemas, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-14874-15187
Scope and Contents

The book, "Pro Eto" by Mayakowsky, held by the Sackner Archive, is reproduced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

O Tom, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-62618-47780
Scope and Contents

Vladimir Mayakovsky was a Russian artist and poet associated with cubo-futurism and revolutionary propaganda art. When the Civil War ended in 1921, Mayakovsky became the leader of the Moscow LEF (Left Front of the Arts) group and the editor of its journal. This volume presents Mayakovsky's revolutionary poetry, accompanied by color, full page reproductions of collages and photomontages. Also inlcudes an essay by Vladimir Remes, with illustrations of works by Rodchenko, Tatlin, and George Grosz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987