Bruni lev (2 Ergebnisse)

Soviet children's book celebrating the Soviet 'tropics' i.e. Adjara and Abkhazia. The region was one of Stalin's favourite holiday destinations and there was a concerted effort to cultivate goods traditionally grown elsewhere such as tea, mandarins and bamboo. The book acts as an homage to the warm climate of the Black Sea coast and praises the success of Soviet policy in implementing such rapid change (for example the five year plan being completed in two and a half years). Incredibly vivid illustrations by Lev Bruni (1894-1948), painter, graphic artist and member of the illustrious artistic Bruni family. He studied under Smokish and Roubaud at the Imperial Academy, exhibited with Mir Iskusstva and later became associated with Vladimir Tatlin and Vkhutemas. Bruni was a prominent figure in both pre and post revolutionary Russia and was friends with many famous writers such as Tsvetaeva, Balmont and Ehrenburg. Sole edition, small 8vo (19 x 14.7 cm); illustrations throughout, small stains to verso of upper wrapper; original printed wrappers, Soviet bookseller's stamps with number inscriptions.…

18 x 13.5cm. Two paperbacks, 13[+1]pp & 15[+1]pp. Published 1927 and 1928 respectively. The cover of volume one reproduces a Vladimir Tatlin artwork, and a Lev Aleksandrovich Bruni work appears on volume two. A series of these booklets were planned reviewing the progress of Cubism and Futurism, but only these two volumes were published. Volume one is tanned towards the spine area, but internally very good. Volume two has extensive marginal ink lines, highlighting certain passages, and small strip along the top of the title page has been excised. Punin was an art writer who championed modern Russian movements such as Constructivism and Formalism, and also had interests in the preservation of art collections. In Soviet Russia he attracted criticism for lecturing on Western art. A rare set. [stockref: 089]£500.…