Lot 264
October Poem – Mayakovsky – Cover design by Lissitzky – Moscow, 1927
Good! October poem. Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow, 1927.
The front cover is designed in the constructivist style by El Lissitzky in red and black.
The suprematist influence on Lissitzky’s constructivist typography is evident.
3,000 copies printed. Russian.
104 pages, 21 cm. Good condition. Pages 5-12 are loose. Stains on the cover and on some of the pages, light tearing on the margins of the cover and on one of the pages, no text omitted.
