Varvara Fedorovna Stepanova (8 results)

Softcover. Square quarto. Softcover. Blue wraps, color illustrated with white lettering; 190 pp. with 350 illustrations; 80 in color. The first extensive study of Stepanova's life and work, the book was written by Alexander Lavrentiev, both the grandson of and the curator of the archives of Stepanova and Alexander Rodchenko. Much of the text is accompanied by excerpts from Stepanova's own diaries. Included are many bw archival photos from Stepanova's and Rodchenko's family life as well. With an introduction by editor, John Bowlt. Anyone interested in the life/art of Stepanova and/or Russian art in general should read this! "Originally published in Italy under the title Varvara Stepanova, una vita costruttivista"--Title page verso. G+. General wear around edges and rubbing to wrap panels.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. hardcover, illustrated boards., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, creases. strong binding.; parallel german/english text.; unpaginated. apprx. 150pp., illustrated throughout in b/w with some color. four essays, texts. catalogue. reference section. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Book condition: Very Good (VG) (no flaws; nice copy With dust jacket.) Binding: Hardcover Language: English Edition: First edition Publishing place: London Publishing Year: 1988 Description: A comprehensive monograph on the life and work of Russian Constructivist artist Varvara Stepanova. 1.200000. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Erstausgabe, 4°, 190 S. mit 342 Abbildungen, davon 72 Farbabbildungen, Text: englisch, original Pappband (Hardcover), farbig illustr. original Schutzumschlag, illustrierte Vorsätze, Schutzumschlag ein wenig berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.…

brossura hardcover. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). BTT145BBrossura editoriale,catalogo pubblicato in occasione della Mostra tenutasi a Perugia nel 1984volume in ottime condizioni,  illustrato, copertina e interno in ottimo stato, legatura salda 131  pagine circaCopertina  come da foto ISBN/ASIN 8843510274. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Some minor rubbing. VG. orig.boards Some minor rubbing. VG. Textual photo illustrations 27x20cm, 158 pp, Series : Mastera sovetskogo knizhnogo iskusstva Text entirely in Russian. Study of Soviet-era illustration & design by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1956) & Varvara Fedorovna Stepanova (1894-1958) in theatre, cinema, photography, architecture and design, advertisement and polygraphy. Contents: Na puti k knige; informatziia i stil'; sotzial'n'ie i hudozhestvenn'ie problem'i oformleniia knigi; vremia i prostranstvo fotoal'buma; fotomontazh; redaktory zhurnala " Radioslushatel'" ; kak m'i rabotali nad "Pervoi konnoi"; moment'i tvorchestva; pisateli i hudozhniki o A.M. Rodchenko i V.F. Stepanovoi; dat'i zhizni i tvorchestva; izdaniia, oformlenn'ie A.M. Rodchenko i V.F. Stepanovoi;spisok literatur'i; spisok illiustratzii; list of illustrations;resume (in English).…

Framed fine art. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 6-1/4 x 10-3/4 inches. Watercolor lettering on newsprint fragment. Matted and framed behind UVF acrylic, 17-1/2 x 23 inches overall. From a handmade book produced in a numbered edition of 50 plus 4. With moderate toning, age considered. Very early work from the 25-year-old Russian avant-garde artist creating non-objective visual poetry under the sway of cubo-futurists just after the October Revolution. This is a leaf from her artist's book Gaust chaba: the rigid type sense of printed news (Izvestia from July 1918) painted over with red watercolor zaum ("beyonsense") lettering, beginning "O TE TA." The book included eight such sound poems plus six collages. Similar techniques were used in illustrations for Aleksei Kruchenykh's Gly-Gly. Stepanova, her spouse Alexander Rodchenko and others were rejecting traditional aesthetics for abstraction and revolution - and inventing Constructivism.Provenance Galerie Jean Chauvelin, Paris, May 1977: acquired from Russia. MoMA holds a few leaves if not a complete copy of the book. One scholar states just three complete copies are known to academia including one at the Moscow Literary Museum. OCLC locates none.…