Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection

"Lyrika" – Collection of Neo-Classical Poetry– Moscow, 1922 – Cover Design by Georgy Echeistov

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Лирика, стихи [Lyrics, Poems]. Moscow: Неоклассики, 1922. Russian.

A collection of poems characterized by a neo-classical style, by various poets, including: Yekaterina Volchanetskaya, Mikhail Galperin, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Georgy Deshkin, Nikolai Zakharov-Mensky, Oleg Leonidov, Nina Menukhina, Elizaveta Shvarzbakh-Molchanova, and others.
Cover designed by Georgy Echeistov (Георгий Александрович Ечеи́стов; 1897-1946), Russian poet, designer, and painter, a representative of the Russian avant-garde.

30, [2] pages. 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Two parts of the cover are detached from each other and from the body of the booklet; tears to edges of cover.
MoMA 378/379.
Books of Poetry and Prose with Artistically Designed Covers
Books of Poetry and Prose with Artistically Designed Covers