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

Collection of Anti-Capitalist Booklets – Politics and Literature – Moscow-Leningrad, 1924-1931 – Modernist Covers – Illustrations and Photographs

Opening: $100
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Four booklets:

1. Исповедь кровавой собаки [Confession of a Bloodhound], by Gustav Noske, Minister of Defense in the Weimar Republic and a leader of the Social Democratic Party. Petrograd: Прибой, 1924. Russian. Cover and illustrations by George Grosz (1893-1959), German painter and caricaturist, one of the prominent artists of the Dada and New Objectivity movements in Germany.

2. Путешествие Пирпонта Моргана [The Journey of Pierpont Morgan], a collection of stories by O.L. D'Or, pen name of Osip Orsher (Иосиф Львович Оршер; 1878-1942). Moscow-Leningrad: Земля и фабрика, 1925. Russian. Modernist-designed cover.

3. Бал манекенов [The Mannequins' Ball], a satirical play in three acts by Bruno Jasieński. Moscow-Leningrad: Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1931. Russian. Text illustrations by D. Modra (Модра); cover designed by Nikolai Sedelnikov (Николай Александрович Седельников; 1905-1994).

4. За Японским морем [Beyond the Sea of Japan], by David Arkin (А́ркин). Moscow: ОГИЗ - Молодая гвардия, 1931. Russian. Accompanied by photographs. Modernist cover. MoMA 937.

Size and condition vary.
Illustrated Booklets, Leaflets and Periodicals (Architecture, Cinema, Theater and Politics)
Illustrated Booklets, Leaflets and Periodicals (Architecture, Cinema, Theater and Politics)