Soviet Screen Sovetsky Ekran #1 1928

Constructivist film magazine Soviet Screen was a weekly magazine on recent developments in film in the USSR. The cover depicts a still from the movie "From Under the Arches of a Mosque". Articles include "Underwater Shooting" by M Verner, "Cinema in Theatrical Work" by E Popova. Artwork by Yu Pimenov, Soviet stage designer, graphic artist, teacher, professor. Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1962), Corresponding Member (1954), People’s Artist of the USSR (1970), the winner of the Lenin Prize (1967) and two Stalin Prize of the second degree (1947, 1950). In the early period Pimenov experienced a great influence of German expressionism, which largely explains the hysterically-dramatic poignancy of his best paintings of these years: “Invalids of War” (1926, Russian Museum), “Give us the heavy industry” (1927); “The soldiers are moving to the side of the revolution” (1932, both – in the Tretyakov Gallery). Over the years, he moved to the updated impressionism, confessing creative principle “beautiful moments”, light and artistic image-impressions. Fair condition. Frayed spine, rubbings, tears on the edges. Pages 11-12 cut out with scissors. A torn piece of material on page 13.