ZIMIN, Grigorii. Sodom. 10 risunkov iz tsikla, 'Narcotique'. [Sodom. Ten illustrations from the 'Narcotique' series]. Moscow: n.p., 1924 ['the seventh year of the revolution'].
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ZIMIN, Grigorii. Sodom. 10 risunkov iz tsikla, 'Narcotique'. [Sodom. Ten illustrations from the 'Narcotique' series]. Moscow: n.p., 1924 ['the seventh year of the revolution'].

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ZIMIN, Grigorii. Sodom. 10 risunkov iz tsikla, 'Narcotique'. [Sodom. Ten illustrations from the 'Narcotique' series]. Moscow: n.p., 1924 ['the seventh year of the revolution'].

12 leaves (180 x 130mm), including 10 reproductions after Zimin, loose as issued in original brown paper portfolio, lettered in brown (spine expertly repaired).

FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 25 COPIES ONLY, this one number 18. Zimin's series of illustrations on cocaine, opium and heroin use in Lenin's Moscow. One leaf with Wilde's epigram, in Russian: 'All art is useless'. Rare: 2 copies located in institutions, one at the MoMa, and the other at the Getty. Russian Modernism 825; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 571.
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