KONSTRUKTSIIA ARKHITEKTURNYKH I MASHINNYKH FORM / CONSTRUCTIONS DES FORMES D'ARCHITECTURE ET DES MACHINES / KONSTRUKTION DER ARCHITEKTUR UND MASCHINENFORMEN (THE CONSTRUCTION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND MACHINE FORMS)

(TCHERNIKHOV, IAKOV aka YAKOV CHERNIKOV). Tchernikhov, Iakov Georgievich & Erikh Fedorovich Gollerbakh

Edité par Leningradskogo ob-va arkhitektorov (Leningrad Society of Architects), Leningrad, RUSSIA, 1931

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214pp, profusely illustrated in black and white. Text in Cyrillic Russian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. The is the second of the three visually striking books written and illustrated by the pioneering Russian modernist architect Iakov Tchernikhov - better known in the west as Yakov Chernikov - published in Leningrad between 1927 and 1933. It features an introduction to Constructivism by Erikh Fedorovich Gollerbakh, two hundred and seventy-eight graphic text illustrations accompanied by forty full page plates by the author printed by letterpress. An internally bright and sound example of the 1931 first edition of this standout of Russian Revolutionary illustrated bookmaking (cited as entry 928 on page 227 in Margit Rowell and Deborah Wye's "The Russian Avante-Garde Book", entry 126 on page 40 in Jean-Louis Cohen, David Woodruff, and Ljiljana Grubisic's "Russian Modernism: The Collections of the Getty Research Institute for the Arts", and entry 72 on page 20 in Peter Hellyer's "A Catalogue of Russian Avante-Garde Books 1912-1934") showing typical notable wear, rubbing, and chipping to its brittle green decorative boards along the edges and spine. This seminal work was originally acquired from the library of the noted Russian-born, Southern California-based architect Samuel Reisbord, and bears his owner's signature in black ink on the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly.

N° de réf. du vendeur 025575

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: KONSTRUKTSIIA ARKHITEKTURNYKH I MASHINNYKH FORM / CONSTRUCTIONS DES FORMES D'ARCHITECTURE ET DES MACHINES / KONSTRUKTION DER ARCHITEKTUR UND MASCHINENFORMEN (THE CONSTRUCTION OF ARCHITECTURAL AND MACHINE FORMS)
• Éditeur: Leningradskogo ob-va arkhitektorov (Leningrad Society of Architects), Leningrad, RUSSIA
• Date de parution: 1931
• Reliure: Printed Boards
• Édition: First Edition 1/5150.
• État de l'article: Good -
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket - As Issued
• Type de livre: Architecture Monograph
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Architecture
  • Decorative Art
  • Graphic Design