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[ZHITOMIRSKY] Lot of 4 editions

Item #2490

Lot of 4 editions:
Krivitskii, A. Koe-chto o Pentagone (Pamflety) [i.e. Something about the Pentagon (Lampoons)]. Moscow: Izdatel’stvo politicheskoi literatury, 1972. 112 pp.: ill. 20×12,5 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, tiny tears of spine, spine faded.

Konstantinov, O.K. Dyupony – bez maski [i.e.Duponts – without a mask]. Moscow: Politizdat, 1974. – 63 p.; 20×12,5 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Fine.

Chernyavsky, V.G. Shpion № 1 : Pamflet o shefe razvedki SSHA Dzhone Alekse Makkoune. [i.e. Spy No. 1: Pamphlet about the US intelligence chief John Alex McCone]. Moscow: Gospolitizdat, 1963. 48 p.: Ill. 20×12,5 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, tiny tears of spine.

Rumyantsev, F.Ya. Finansovaya mafiya. [i.e. Financial Mafia]. Moscow: Politizdat, 1971. 80 p.; 20×12,5 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, tiny tears of spine.

First editions.

Political propaganda photomontages were created for cover design of the books and full-page illustrations by Alexander Zhitomirsky (1907–1993). Starting to combine photographs in the late 1920s, he was influenced by Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Klutsis, Stenberg brothers and experienced the visual language of communication.
His absolute oeuvre was designs of a propaganda magazine ‘Front Illustrierte für Deutschen Soldaten’ [Front Illustration for German Soldiers] published during World War II. It gained success thanks to grotesque photomontages and after the war was over, Zhitomirsky continued to create in a similar style. Throughout the Cold War period, Zhitomirsky produced powerful propaganda works related capitalist values, government leaders, threat to peace, disarmament, etc. In particular, among them was a series “Leaders of the Capitalist World” (1960s-1980s). Cold war propaganda publications united journalist essays that exposed “the true faces of huge companies, billionaires, and politicians”.
In this book, one photomontage features two white doves holding an atomic bomb captioned “US Army”.

Price: $2,500.00