Lot
419
MOOR, Dmitrii (1883-1946). Azbuka Krasnoarmeitsa. [Red Army Soldier's Alphabet.] Moscow: State Press, 1921. Small 2° (242 x 176mm). Colour reproductions throughout. (Light browning and faint dampstain in the margins.) Original colour illustrated wrappers (split at spine, some small losses at the extremities, light browning). Provenance: 'Vitia' (neat inscription, in Russian, dated 25 July 1921, to:) -- 'Misha'.
Estimate
GBP 700 - GBP 1,000
MOOR, Dmitrii (1883-1946). Azbuka Krasnoarmeitsa. [Red Army Soldier's Alphabet.] Moscow: State Press, 1921. Small 2° (242 x 176mm). Colour reproductions throughout. (Light browning and faint dampstain in the margins.) Original colour illustrated wrappers (split at spine, some small losses at the extremities, light browning). Provenance: 'Vitia' (neat inscription, in Russian, dated 25 July 1921, to:) -- 'Misha'.
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF MOOR'S MOST FAMOUS PUBLICATIONS. Moor, a renowned poster artist, also collaborated with Mayakovsky on the ROSTA windows. Rare: COPAC locates none in the UK; not in The Russian Avant-Garde Book. Grafica russa 1917-1930, 207.