Русский революционный плакат [The Russian Revolutionary Poster], by Vyacheslav Polonsky. Moscow: Государственное издательство, 1925. Russian.

A comprehensive work on various aspects of Soviet poster art during the revolution, the Civil War years, and the first years of the new regime in Russia.

The book was published to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1905 revolution and includes hundreds of reproductions of posters distributed in Russia during these years, including over fifty color plates, with various details about the poster designers, publishers and places of printing. Among the artists and painters who designed the posters are: Dmitry Moor, Viktor Deni, Ivan Malyutin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vladimir Lebedev, Mikhail Cheremnykh, Nikolai Apsit, Aleksei Radakov, and others.

The book is accompanied by an extensive review of the artistic importance of poster design and their role and influence in spreading revolutionary and communist ideas and mobilizing the masses, by art historian and literary critic Vyacheslav Polonsky (Вячеслав Павлович Полонский; 1886-1932), who headed the publishing department of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, and took part in producing some of the posters featured in the album.

[2], 192 pages + [52] color plates (two plates missing). 34 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Dedication from 1925 on endpaper. Abrasions, tears and wear to binding; open tears to spine.

MoMA 576.