Mayakovsky: Twenty Years of Work. An Exhibition from the State Museum of Literature, Moscow
Oxford, UK: Museum of Modern Art Oxford, 1982. 1st Edition. Small slim folio, publisher's stiff illustrated paper wraps.
"Art must not be concentrated in dead shrines called museums. lt must be spread everywhere – on the streets, in the trams, factories, workshops, and in the workers' homes." Catalog published in conjunction with a major exhibition of work by "the unofficial poet laureate of the Russian Revolution," Vladimir Mayakovsky, organized by the Modern Art Oxford (then the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford) in cooperation with the State Museum of Literature in Moscow in 1982. Reconstructing Mayakovsky's original self-curated exhibition celebrating his career in 1930, the show presented his agitprop, graphic design, and ads; Cubo-Futurist lithographs, drawings, and caricatures; alongside books and poetry manuscripts, photographs, and theatrical material. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photos and reproductions; with three critical essays and a biography. Designed by graphic designer and design historian David King, who during his lifetime assembled one of the largest collections of Soviet graphics and photographs. Light edgewear to wraps. Near fine. Item #13217
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