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Lot 142

Collection of Anti-Capitalist Booklets – Politics and Literature – Moscow-Leningrad, 1924-1931 – Modernist Covers – Illustrations and Photographs

Four booklets:

1. Исповедь кровавой собаки [Confession of a Bloodhound], by Gustav Noske, Minister of Defense in the Weimar Republic and a leader of the Social Democratic Party. Petrograd: Прибой, 1924. Russian. Cover and illustrations by George Grosz (1893-1959), German painter and caricaturist, one of the prominent artists of the Dada and New Objectivity movements in Germany.

2. Путешествие Пирпонта Моргана [The Journey of Pierpont Morgan], a collection of stories by O.L. D'Or, pen name of Osip Orsher (Иосиф Львович Оршер; 1878-1942). Moscow-Leningrad: Земля и фабрика, 1925. Russian. Modernist-designed cover.

3. Бал манекенов [The Mannequins' Ball], a satirical play in three acts by Bruno Jasieński. Moscow-Leningrad: Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1931. Russian. Text illustrations by D. Modra (Модра); cover designed by Nikolai Sedelnikov (Николай Александрович Седельников; 1905-1994).

4. За Японским морем [Beyond the Sea of Japan], by David Arkin (А́ркин). Moscow: ОГИЗ - Молодая гвардия, 1931. Russian. Accompanied by photographs. Modernist cover. MoMA 937.

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