The Art of the October

Original vintage book The Art of the October / Iskusstvo Oktjabrskoj Epohi. Divided into four sections: "The Art of the October," "Our Artistic Groups," "The Paths of the Artistic Youth," and "The Art of Posters;" this scholarly publication is an important account by a leading Soviet art historian, Yakov Tukhengold. The text is accompanied by 45 images of works by Petrov-Vodkin, Pimenov, Konchalovsky, Merkurov, Kravchenko, Rozhdestvensky, Deyneka, and Stenberg Brothers among others. The portrait of the author separated by tracing paper is to be found at the beginning of the volume. Good condition, paper faded, tears on the edges, some stains, delicate cuts on the spine, spine unglued from the core in the bottom part. 195 pages.