Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
"Fine Arts", Soviet Art Magazine – St. Petersburg, 1919 – Cover Designed by David Sternberg
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Изобразительные Искусство: журнал Отдела Изобразительный Искусств Комиссариата Народного Просвещения [Fine Arts: Journal of the Department of Fine Arts of the Commissariat for Public Education], Issue No. 1. St. Petersburg, [Отдела Изобразительный Искусств Комиссариата Народного Просвещения], 1919. Russian.
Only issue published. Includes articles on, and by, major Soviet artists, including Punin, Brik, Kandinsky, Sternberg, Tatlin, Altman, Rozanova, Malevich, and others. Accompanied by numerous reproductions.
Back cover illustration by Nathan Altman.
87, [1] pages. 36 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slight tears to edges of leaves and cover, some restored. Inscription on the title page (signature?).
David Shterenberg (Давид Петрович Штеренберг; 1881-1948) – Russian-Jewish painter and graphic artist, a prominent representative of the Russian avant-garde movement, and head of the Fine Arts Department of the People's Commissariat for Education – "Narkompros".
David Shterenberg (1881-1948)
David Shterenberg (1881-1948)