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Auction Catalogue. Alexandra Exter's "Cubist Nude" and "Theatrical Composition" a double-sided painting, which was depicted in this catalogue was purchased by the Sackner Archive. This painting was donated to the Museum of Modern Art in 1991. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catlog. Kiril Zdanevich's Album of Drawings, which is illustrated in the catalog, was purchased by the Sackner Archive from this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. The auction featured Italian Futurism with empasis on the visual works of Balla and Severini. It included Carlo Carra's "La Notte del 20 Gennaio ...," an outstanding collage - visual poem that was reproduced in Carra's book "Guerrapittura." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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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.

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This book is a facsimile of Lissitzky's book originally published in Berlin in 1922. The Sackner Archive deaccession its original copy of this book. The unbound page lists a description of each page in German. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Paris-Moscow was one of four major exhibitions curated and designed by the Pompidou Centre dealing with the art connections in Paris and between Paris and three other major cities in the first third of the 20th century. The other exhibitions were Paris-Berlin, Paris-New York and Paris-Paris. The Sackners attended these exhibitions in Paris and purchased these catalogues (first editions) concurrently. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue features Emigre magazine, Ex Libris catalogues, Raw magazines, and Parkett magazines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the fourth version of the work first made in 1922. The word Pivo painted on the wood background in large letters means beer in English. Two Ying-Yang circles are painted onto the solid metal sheet offset as a relief from the background by four screws. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The catalogue was designed by Peter Koch. The exhibition illuminated the poetry of the "Silver Age" of early 20th century Russian poetry which was in total obscurity dring the 1940's and 1950's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Internet: Gustav Klutsis was a pioneering photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. Born: January 4, 1895, RÅ«jiena, Latvia; Died: February 26, 1938, Moscow, Russia -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work was submitted by Ash for a degree of Master of Arts in Russian Studies at New York University. It examines Russian avant garde book design and focuses on the influence of primitivism on these books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. The "Collected Works" of Robert Fludd (1617-1633) and an incomplete copy of Peter Apianus' "Cosmographie" (1573) were offered at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Review of Sackner collection of Russian Avant Garde art at the Lowe Museum, University of Miami. -- 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....