L'URSS en Construction - USSR in Construction #1 1938

French language version of L'URSS en Construction - СССР на стройке - SSSR Na Stroika - USSR in Construction - issue #1 dated 1938. USSR in Construction was a monthly constructivist publication dedicated to construction projects and industry in the USSR, published in Russian, French, English, and German 1930 to 1941 as a collaboration between some of the most esteemed Soviet artists of the time. The issue concentrates on Soviet Cinema and contains a great selection of photomontages. A photomontage showing Stalin towering over an audience who are watching a film projected on a wall boasts that 52000000 viewers have seen the film Chapayev; another photomontage gives viewing statistics for other films, combining photos of actors and stills from the films. Other features focus on cameras, developping the film, and producing film in colour. Includes great photos of sets, actors, camera crew, props and cinemas. Fair condition, tears, creasing, paper skimming, foxing, staining.