Ekran Screen #19 1927

Constructivist magazine Ekran, issue number 19, 1927. The ‘working newspaper’. Weekly magazine on recent developments in the USSR and abroad. Artwork by V Pristupenko for the article "All About The Same". This issue's articles: "The Ice House" by K Eggert, "From the Japanise Movie" by Polivanov. Illustrations 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. Front cover and page 5 are reinforced with the clear tape, rubbings. Loss of material on page 13.