Red Field Krasnaya Niva #21 1928

Soviet Magazine Red Field, issue number 21, 20th May 1928. First published in 1922 by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. Weekly magazine. Cover illustration by A Deyneka. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. He was a founding member of groups such as "OST" and "Oktyabr", and his work gained wide exposure in major exhibitions. His paintings and drawings (the earliest are often monochrome due to the shortage of art supplies) depict genre scenes as well as labour and often sports. Deyneka later began painting monumental works, such as "The Defence of Petrograd "in 1928, which remains his most iconic painting. His mosaics are a feature of Mayakovskaya metro station in Moscow. He is in the highest category "1A - a world-famous artist" in "United Artists Rating". List of this issue's artwork included illustrations by artists such as E Mandelberg, A Goncharov, D Shenberg, A Labas, L Vayner, K Parkhomenko, K Vyalov, P Williams. Fair condition. Middle section of the magazine is detached. Frayed spine, rubbings, staining. Published by "Izvestij TSIK USSR and VTSIK", 1928.