Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

MAYAKOVSKY, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH. 1893-1930. LISSTISKY, EL (LAZAR LISSITSKII), illustrator. Dlya golosa. [For the Voice.] Berlin: GIZ, 1923. image 1
MAYAKOVSKY, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH. 1893-1930. LISSTISKY, EL (LAZAR LISSITSKII), illustrator. Dlya golosa. [For the Voice.] Berlin: GIZ, 1923. image 2
Lot 3131

5 December 2012, 10:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$5,000 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

MAYAKOVSKY, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH. 1893-1930.

LISSTISKY, EL (LAZAR LISSITSKII), illustrator. Dlya golosa. [For the Voice.] Berlin: GIZ, 1923.
8vo. 61 pp. Original Constructivist orange wrappers. Wrappers heavily restored; internal thumb soiling.

ONE OF THE MASTERWORKS OF MODERN BOOK DESIGN. Mayakovsky and Lissitzky pulled out all the stops in producing this Constructivist classic. The 13 poems were intended to be read aloud at the top of the voice and the book's design shouts as well. Taking the form of a phone book, Lissitzky provided a thumb index so the reader could easily find the individual poems. He cleverly used various typefaces of different sizes to create the decor of the volume. Using just red and black, he created a book of constant visual surprises as one flips from one page to the next. It is a remarkable achievement in which the Constructivist has employed the simplest means to create the most complex artistic results.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

ADVERTISING POSTERfor 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]

ILLUMINATED ADDRESS – CLARA CODD Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]

MUSIC & RECORDINGS – ETHEL SMYTH Collection of printed music, song sheets and records, [c.1911-1912]

SUFFRAGETTE INSIGNIA - SPEAKER Speaker's ribbon for the Great 'Women's Sunday' Demonstration in Hyde Park, 21 June 1908

SUFFRAGETTE INSIGNIA - GROUP CAPTAIN Group Captain's ribbon, [1908]

'WOMEN'S SUNDAY' SASH 1908 Marshal's sash, 1908