Six Books by Vladimir Mayakovsky – 1920s – Covers Designed by El Lizzitzky, Alexander Rodchenko, Mikhail Larionov ...

Six Books by Vladimir Mayakovsky – 1920s – Covers Designed by El Lizzitzky, Alexander Rodchenko, Mikhail Larionov and Others
Six books by poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). Moscow-St. Petersburg, 1920s. Russian. Covers designed by El Lizzitzky, Alexander Rodchenko, Mikhail Larionov and others.
1. Солнце [The Sun]. Moscow-St. Petersburg: Круг (Krug), 1923. Cover design and illustrations by Mikhail Larionov.
Mikhail Larionov (Михаил Ларионов, 1881-1964), a painter, graphic designer and scenic designer, born in Tiraspol (today in Moldova), was one of the leaders of the Russian avant-garde movement. He was also one of the founders of the avant-garde artistic groups "Jack of Diamonds" and "Donkey's Tail" and founded a new style of abstract art called "Rayonism".
2. Лирика [Lyric]. Moscow-St. Petersburg: Круг (Krug), 1923. Cover design by Anton Levinsky (Антон Лавинский, 1893-1968) – an artist, graphic designer and architect, born in Sochi; one of the prominent representatives of Constructivism.
The logo of the publishing house was designed by Yury Annenkov.
3. О Курске, о комсомоле, о мае… [About Kursk, about Komsomol, about May…]. Moscow: Красная новь (Krasnaya Nov), 1924. Cover design by Ruvim Mazel.
Ruvim (Reuben) Mazel (Рувим Мазель, 1890-1967) began his artistic training at Yehuda Pen's school in Vitebsk. Between 1910 and 1914, he studied at the Munich art academy and later returned to Russia. He was immediately drafted to the army and with it he reached the city of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. He remained in Ashgabat after the war and even founded a school of art there. In ca. 1923 he returned to Moscow, where he worked for several publishing houses.
4. Хорошо! октябрьская поэма [Good! October Poem]. Moscow-Leningrad (St. Petersburg): State Publishing House (Государственное издательство), 1927.
A poem marking the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. Cover design by El Lissitzky.
5. Мы и прадеды [We and our Ancestors]. [Moscow]: Молодая гвардия (Molodaya Gvardiya), 1927. Cover designed by Nikolai Ilyin (Николай Ильин, 1894-1954) – a Russian graphic designer, typographer and illustrator who mainly worked as a book designer.
6. Но. С. [New Poems]. Moscow: Федерация (Federation), 1928. Cover design by Alexnader Rodchenko (1891-1956).
Enclosed is an additional copy of the book "Lyric".
A total of 7 items. Size and condition vary. Restored covers to books 3 and 5.
For information about Mayakovsky, see item 252.