Red Field Krasnaya Niva #22 1929

Soviet Magazine Red Field, issue number 22, 26th May 1929. First published in 1922 by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. Weekly magazine. A bucolic painting on the front cover entitled 'Wood' by Vacentsov, a bold advertisement for the pencil factory Dessin on the back cover. This edition includes articles 'Ten Years of Soviet Books' and 'Golden Hands', a feature on towns in the Steppes. List of some artwork inside: the article 'Golden Hands' is accompanied by a painting entitled 'Red Square in the 17th Century' by Vacentsov; modern graphics by A Kravchenko entitled 'Two Worlds', 'Kindergarten on a walk', 'Dirty Barge' and 'Old Villages'. Fair condition, spine slightly frayed, indents through the magazine where it has attempted to be hole-punched, some discolouration, trimmed along margins. 22 pages.