Bester Kiton: First Edition (2 results)
Published by Moscow-Leningrad: Kinopechat' 1926
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books, Newton, MA, U.S.A.Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo 15x11 cm., wrappers, 16pp. Glavlit 57077. Photomontage by Konstantin Vialov. Essay on Buster Keaton, famous silent film actor. Text by Sergei Gekht. Vialov is often attributed as author. OCLC finds this in three North American libraries. Very good+ condition. 300.
Published by Kinopechat, Moscow 1926
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Földvári Books, Budapest, , HungaryFöldvári Books
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First edition. With four photographic illustrations. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 14, (2) p. Early Soviet-Russian, illustrated biographical pamphlet on Buster Keaton in constructivist cover. In the 1920s Kinopechat, the Soviet state publishing house for cinema, published a series of booklets focusing on th…e popular foreign film actors of the day. Each pamphlet was published with striking constructivist cover, designed by different artists. The cover of this brochure was created by Konstantin Vyalov (19001976). Vyalov studied at the Stroganov Institute and at Vkhutemas under David Shterenberg, Vasily Kandinsky, Vladimir Tatlin and Aristarkh Lentulov. As a major artist of the time Vyalov's works were exhibited internationally during the 1920s and 1930s including Paris (1925), Berlin (1928), Venice (1932), New York (1933), and London (1934). . Old price in ink to rear. Small damage at spine. Overall in fine condition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. With four photographic illustrations. (illustrator).
