Art to the Masses Iskusstvo v Massy #4 1930

A Soviet magazine Art in the Masses, issue number 4(12), April, 1930. Dedicated to presenting the work of the Russian people, supported by the Association of Revolutionary Artists. A Constructivist design on the front cover featuring the stylised silhouettes of workers. Rare tip-in sheet with announcement of V Mayakovsky suicide. This edition includes articles ‘About the Socialist Mobilisation of Art’ and a feature ‘How must a Socialist Town be?’. List of some artwork inside: various paintings to accompany the feature on artists on the USSR by M N Shetman, Biryukov, P K Golyubyatnikov, O I Sirotenko, B I Krectyanskaya, M Pavlyuk, M A Tryaskin and O K Bogomazov; a painting by G Ryazhskii ‘Venice in 1928’. Good condition, stains on the front and back covers, worn spine ripped at the top and bottom. 32 pages.