The Soviet Artist, In English

VLADIMIR FAVORSKY

Compiled by Yuri Molok, with essays by Mikhail Alpatov, Abram Efros, Alexei Sidorov, Andrei Chegodayev, Mikhail Fabrikant, and others

(1967)

First printing of the most comprehensive work in English about the career of Vladimir Favorsky, a key reference of the multifaceted artist.

Very good plus in scarce original slipcase.

Price: $65.00

VLADIMIR FAVORSKY

Russian graphic artist, art critic, and woodcut illustrator Vladimir Favorsky (also transliterated as Favorski) blended the traditional and the modern in his art. He helmed the Russian state art and technical school Vkhutemas – often compared in style and philosophy to Bauhaus – as rector during a tumultuous period in the 1920s, during which he resisted government efforts to mandate the artistic methods and styles of the students. Favorsky's perspective shines through in his extensive oeuvre of book illustrations; he was particularly fond of the codex as a vehicle for art, noting that "the book can serve simultaneously as an example of wholeness of design and variety of content" (Molok, 242).

Read more: Yuri Molok, Vladimir Favorski.

The Object

First edition. Moscow: Progress Publishers, (1967). 11'' x 7.5''. Original pictorial boards. Illustrated in black and white. 322 pages. In original black-and-white pictorial slipcase. Slipcase with some edgewear, a couple tiny glue repairs; a touch of toning. Binding with some sunning to spine and rubbing to edges, boards with light spotting and toning. Interior sharp and bright.

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