Ekran Screen #7 1926

Original vintage constructivist magazine Ekran, issue number 7, 20th February 1926. The ‘working newspaper’. Weekly magazine on recent developments in the USSR and abroad. The cover features a drawing The peasants vote at the congress of the rural councils by the artist K.T. On the back cover is an illustration for an advertisement for Murzilka, a popular Soviet and Russian illustrated magazine for 6–12 year olds, published since May 1924. The issue includes articles about congress of the rural councils  in Moscow region; the death of poetess and writer Larissa Reissner; political life of Paris with caricatures by the artist K. Golstein; the story of the Turkish traveler Zekki Bay; plague in Saratov; exhibition of Saltykov-Shchedrin; travel in Japan; film reviews and advertising accompanied by photographs and drawings. Published by Published by Glavlit, 17 pages. Poor condition, pages are loose, tears on the cover, browning.