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[FROM PROLETKULT TO LEF] Iskusstvo i klassy [i.e. The Art and Classes]

Arvatov, B.

Item #2479

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1923. 87, [1] pp. 24×16 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. 1 of 7000 copies. Good condition. Tears of the front wrapper and the spine.

Rare.
The classical work by one of the LEF ideologists Boris Arvatov (1896–1940). In this work many postulates of constructivist art was formulated. For the design of the wrapper the unknown artist used only typographical elements, which was the identification of this style in 1920s. Arvatov proclaimed the needlessness of panel painting, calling for all the art to be connected with the industry. This is a true declaration of the art for the proletariat, written by an art theoretician.
Arvatov was an active member of Proletkult, the organisation created during Civil War and supported by Lunacharskiy. This work could be regarded as the bridge between Proletkult ideology of discovering the art for the masses to LEF ideology with its aesthetics. Later Arvatov published several more articles, one of the most important ones being ‘Rechetvorstvo’ in LEF magazine #2,1923, in regards to the relation of Khelbnikov/Kruchyonikh to constructivists.

Two copies in the Worldcat: Getty and UNC.

Price: $1,500.00