Dlia Golosa
Poet: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Designer, concept: Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
Categories: Bookwork / Image-graphic Books, Letterpress Books, Poetry/Proses/Text Works
Reference no.:H/NL/Liss.V-May.V/23.00 Place/Shelf:3BR
| Book title: | Dlia Golosa |
| Published by: | R.S.F.S.R State Publishing House Berlin |
| Year made: | 1923 |
| Place made: | Germany |
| Original: | Yes |
| Dimensions: | 135 x 190 |
| Binder: | commercial binding |
| Physical description: | soft cover, perfect binding |
| Medium: | poetry/ graphic design |
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| “Lissitzky’s collaboration with Mayakovsky in 1923 produced one of the most remarkable books ever published. Lissitzky designed, or ‘constructed’ this edition of Mayakovsky’s thirteen often-quoted poems which, as the title indicates, were meant to be read aloud.” (Barron/Tuchman)
“The excitement and pace of the poems are matched by the typographic illustrations, which fully exploit the possibilities of two-colour printing and typography. Each poem is given a symbolic typographic identity, and the relevant image is used on the thumb index – a neat and witty guide to the contents.” (Hogben/Watson) “My pages stand in much the same relation to the poems as an accompanying piano to a violin. Just as the poet in his poem unites concept and sound, I have tried to create an equivalent unity using the poem and the typography” -Lissitzky |
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| Poet: | Vladimir Mayakovsky () |
| Designer, concept: | Lazar Markovich Lissitzky () |
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