Two Books by Aleksei Kruchyonykh and an Anthology of Articles about Him – Moscow, 1920s – Illustrations by Ivan ...

Two Books by Aleksei Kruchyonykh and an Anthology of Articles about Him – Moscow, 1920s – Illustrations by Ivan Kliun, Gustav Klutsis and Maria Siniakova
Two books by Aleksei Kruchyonykh and an anthology of articles about him. Moscow, 1925-1927. Russian.
1. Язык Ленина. Одинадцать приемов Ленинской речи [Lenin's Language: Eleven Devices of Lenin's Speech]. Moscow: The All-Russian Union of Poets (Издание Всероссийского Союза Поэтов), 1925.
A booklet reviewing eleven elements characterizing the language of the founder of the USSR Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, manifested in his speeches and writings.
The booklet features four illustrations by Gustav Klutsis. Cover design by Valentina Kulagina-Klutsis.
60, [4] pp, approx. 18.5 cm.
2. Жив Крученых! [Kruchyonykh is Alive!]. Moscow: The All-Russian Union of Poets (Издание Всероссийского Союза Поэтов), 1925.
Collection of articles about Aleksei Kruchyonykh by Boris Pasternak, Sergei Tret'iakov, David Burliuk, Tatiana Tolstaya and Sergei Raphaelovitz. With illustrations by the Russian avant-garde artist Ivan Kliun (Иван Клюн, 1873-1943). Cover design by Gustav Klutsis.
[1], 44, [4] pp, 19 cm.
3. Четыре фонетических романа [Four Phonetic Novels], by Aleksei Kruchyonykh. Moscow: Published by the author, 1927. Printed in 500 copies.
Four works by Aleksei Kruchyonykh, accompanied by illustrations by artist Maria Siniakova (Мария Синякова, 1890/1898-1984). The book contains the poem "Dun'ka-rubikha" (a separate booklet that was printed in 1926 and was bound at the end of this book as an addendum). Cover design by Gustav Klutsis.
38 pp, 25 cm + 12 pp, 17 cm.
Condition varies.
The artist Gustav Klutsis (Густав Клуцис, 1895-1938) born in Latvia, was drafted into the Russian army in 1915 and in 1917 moved to Moscow. Later, he studied art under Kazimir Malevich and Antoine Pevsner and at the state-run school of art Vkhutemas (Higher Art and Technical Studios). During the 1920s, he taught at the Vkhutemas, cooperated with the LEF group (Left Front of the Arts) and was one of the founders of the "October" union of artists. Klutsis was a member of the communist party and his works were mostly of propagandic nature. Especially remembered are the communist propaganda posters he created with his wife, the artist Valentina Kulagina, using the photomontage technique (the couple are considered pioneers in the field of photomontage in the USSR). Despite his complete devotion to the communist party, Klutsis was murdered in 1938, during Stalin's Great Purge.
For information about Kruchyonykh, see next item.