![1. Записки режиссера [Director's Notes], by Alexander Tairov. Moscow: The Chamber Theater (Изд. Камерного Театра), 1921. Cove](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale69b-public/271_1.jpg "Three Booklets Dealing with Theater and Cinema – 1920s – Illustrations")
![1. Записки режиссера [Director's Notes], by Alexander Tairov. Moscow: The Chamber Theater (Изд. Камерного Театра), 1921. Cove](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale69b-public/271_2.jpg "Three Booklets Dealing with Theater and Cinema – 1920s – Illustrations")
![1. Записки режиссера [Director's Notes], by Alexander Tairov. Moscow: The Chamber Theater (Изд. Камерного Театра), 1921. Cove](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale69b-public/271_3.jpg "Three Booklets Dealing with Theater and Cinema – 1920s – Illustrations")
Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
Three Booklets Dealing with Theater and Cinema – 1920s – Illustrations by Alexandra Ekster and Nikolai Ilyin
Opening: $400
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
1. Записки режиссера [Director's Notes], by Alexander Tairov. Moscow: The Chamber Theater (Изд. Камерного Театра), 1921. Cover, initials and illustrations by Alexandra Ekster.
Alexandra Ekster (Александра Экстер, 1882-1949), a painter and a fashion, scenic and graphic designer, born in Bialystok, studied at the Kiev Art School and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. A leader of the Russian avant-garde movement, she participated in many of the central avant-garde exhibitions. She divided her life between Kiev, St. Petersburg, Odessa, Paris, Rome and Moscow. Among her many pursuits, she worked as a stage designer for Alexander Tairov's Chamber Theatre in Moscow.
189 pp, [2] leaves, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Loose leaves. Tears and small open tears to edges of leaves. Stains and minor blemishes to cover; closed and open tears to spine. Notations on top of front cover and title page.
2. Гибель театра и торжество кино [The demise of the theatre and victory of the cinema], by Pavel Poluyanov (Павел Полуянов). Nizhny Novgorod: Published by the Author, 1925. Cover and five illustrations (red and black lithographs) by Nikolai Ilyin (Николай Ильин, 1894-1954).
47, [1] pp + [5] plates, 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Detached and worn cover, with stains and with blemishes and tears to edges and spine. Stamps on back cover.
3. Михоэлс [Mikhoels] by Mikhail Zagorsky. Moscow-Leningrad (St. Petersburg): Кинопечать (Kinopechat), 1927.
Monograph on the life and work of Jewish theater actor Solomon Mikhoels; accompanied by photographs.
Solomon Michaelowitz Mikhoels (the stage name of Shloyme Vovsi, 1890-1948), born in Dvinsk, was the director of the State Jewish Theater in Moscow and the head of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. In 1948, with the onset of the persecutions against Jewish culture figures and the dispersal of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, Mikhoels was assassinated by members of the Soviet Secret Police. The murder was disguised as a hit-and-run car accident.
32 pp, approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes to edges of cover.
Alexandra Ekster (Александра Экстер, 1882-1949), a painter and a fashion, scenic and graphic designer, born in Bialystok, studied at the Kiev Art School and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. A leader of the Russian avant-garde movement, she participated in many of the central avant-garde exhibitions. She divided her life between Kiev, St. Petersburg, Odessa, Paris, Rome and Moscow. Among her many pursuits, she worked as a stage designer for Alexander Tairov's Chamber Theatre in Moscow.
189 pp, [2] leaves, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Loose leaves. Tears and small open tears to edges of leaves. Stains and minor blemishes to cover; closed and open tears to spine. Notations on top of front cover and title page.
2. Гибель театра и торжество кино [The demise of the theatre and victory of the cinema], by Pavel Poluyanov (Павел Полуянов). Nizhny Novgorod: Published by the Author, 1925. Cover and five illustrations (red and black lithographs) by Nikolai Ilyin (Николай Ильин, 1894-1954).
47, [1] pp + [5] plates, 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Detached and worn cover, with stains and with blemishes and tears to edges and spine. Stamps on back cover.
3. Михоэлс [Mikhoels] by Mikhail Zagorsky. Moscow-Leningrad (St. Petersburg): Кинопечать (Kinopechat), 1927.
Monograph on the life and work of Jewish theater actor Solomon Mikhoels; accompanied by photographs.
Solomon Michaelowitz Mikhoels (the stage name of Shloyme Vovsi, 1890-1948), born in Dvinsk, was the director of the State Jewish Theater in Moscow and the head of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. In 1948, with the onset of the persecutions against Jewish culture figures and the dispersal of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, Mikhoels was assassinated by members of the Soviet Secret Police. The murder was disguised as a hit-and-run car accident.
32 pp, approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes to edges of cover.
Avant-Garde Art
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