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Lot 3107

5 December 2012, 10:00 EST
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LISSITSKY, EL (LAZAR LISSITSKII), illustrator.

ERENBURG, ILYA GREGOREVICH. 1891-1967. Shest povesti o legkikh kontsakh. [Six Tales with Easy Endings.] Moscow and Berlin: Gelikon, 1922.
8vo. 164 pp. With 6 illustrations by Lissitsky. Original two-color Constructivist wrappers designed by Lissitzky. Slightly rubbed and soiled. Within modern white cloth clamshell box with onlaid Constructivist design reflecting Lissitsky's front wrapper.

A brilliant collaboration between the witty Soviet writer and the great avant-garde painter. The bold wrappers are a clever interplay of minimal color and startling variance in unserifed typefaces. The uncharacteristically delicate interior pictures are among Lissitzky's finest book illustrations.

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