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Lot 78
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
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$800 -
1,200
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$768
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Lot Description
[Art] [Rodchenko, Aleksandr Mikhailovich] Mayakovsky, Vladimir. Sifilis
Tbilisi: Zakkniga, 1926. First edition (one of 5,000 copies). 8vo. 15, (3) pp. Illustrated with two printed photomontages by Rodchenko. Original limp photomontage self-wrappers, designed by Rodchenko, lightly worn and soiled, old ink stamp on rear wrapper; old inscription in red pencil on title-page. Getty 538
Rare first edition of this fragile work by Russian avant-garde poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, featuring early photomontage illustrations by Russian constructivist artist and designer Alexander Rodchenko.


