Graficheskie kompozitsii (Graphical conmpositions) [Art album]

Very good condition; cover is soiled, extensive cover edge-creasing repaired from the inner side with paper strips glued along edges, two small brown stains on the front wrapper; internally title page shows non-evident soiling, previous owner's inscription on the title, horizontal tear (about 10 cm length) on the last plate, minor horizontal tears (about 1 cm) on three plates, some sheets show ocassional fingerprints to the fore-edges.

The art album by Ukrainian graphic artist and scenographer Leonid Vekshtein (1898-1970) includes an introduction and a set of 48 linear compostions. These avant-garde graphic works, according to artist, were created in the stylistics born by Revolution. The founding principles of the new art are synthesis of form, dynamics in the action, rhythm of lines. Reasonability of each line is achieved by the minimum means of artistic expression and cannot be changed without harming the entire composition. Drawings depict scenes from everyday life of Soviet society – workers, musicians, dancers, sportsmen, people having a rest, etc.