THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT 2
LISSITZKY
Arthur A. Cohen
Cohen, Arthur A.: THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT 2: LISSITZKY. NYC: AGP Mathews/Ex Libris, 1981. First edition. Portfolio consisting of 10 plates. Black cardboard folder mildly scuffed. All 10 plates are in fine condition.
12.25 x 13 portfolio of heavy black paper with pasted title lable and diagonal cut pocket inside to hold facsimile sheets. Each portfolio contains 10 facsimile plates, plus a folded (6-page) sheet of explanatory text with small illustrations keyed to the plates.
The prints are intended to be facsimiles are are printed by offset lithography to reproduce the size and colors of the orignals. The colors are printed in flat areas, giving the images a freshness and immediacy that four-color printing from color photographs could never provide. A highly recommended and sought-after artifact from Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen's legendary bookstore Ex-Libris.
THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT 2: LISSITZKY Contents
- Cover of Veshch-Gegenstand-Objet
- Page from Pro Dva Kvadrata (Of Two Squares)
- Announcement for 1923 Berlin Exhibition
- 2 photo-collage illustrations from Shest Provesti o Legkikh Kontsakh (Six Stories with Easy Endings)
- Wendingen cover
- Two pages from DLia Golosa (Forthe Voice)
- Cover for Merz 8/9
- Cover for Kunstismus (aka Kunstismen)
- Cover for Arkhitektura Vkhutemas
- Cover for Russland (Neues Bauen in der Welt, Vol. 1)
As Cohen notes, this portfolio series acknowledges the debt paid the pioneers of modern typography for their bold inventiveness and the subtle mastery of the new visual vocabulary where the line between words and forms, type and painting, was diminished and the goal of direct communcation elevated as never before.
Cohen points out that Lissitzky was the first to realize the importance of photography in revolutionizing the printed page. Photography released the typographer from the mechanical limitations of the hand press, making it possible to integrate words and images as never before. To Lissitzky, the new methods implied an approach to communication that transcended the traditional printed page.
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