Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Collection of Imagist Poems – Moscow, 1925 – Cover designed by Georgii Stenberg

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Имажинисты 1925 [Imagists, 1925] by Rurik Ivnev, Anatoli Mariengof, Vadim Shershenevich and Matvei Roizman. Published by the authors. Moscow, [1925] Russian.
A collection of poems by members of the Russian Imagism Movement. The cover of the booklet was desgned by the Soviet artist Georgii Stenberg (1900-1933), in a constructivist style. The photographs which were used by Stenberg for the design of the cover were taken by Moses Nappelbaum.
38, [1] pp. Good condition. Stains, Stamps on several pages. The back cover is torn and partially missing (repaired with paper). The booklet, with its original cover, is bound in a hard binding.
Yiddish and Russian Poetry Books and Literary Anthologies, Avant-garde
Yiddish and Russian Poetry Books and Literary Anthologies, Avant-garde