Architecture of the USSR #12 1934

“Architecture of the USSR” was a monthly illustrated magazine published in the USSR from 1933 to 1992. The magazine focused on covering the issues of urban development. Cover design by El Lissitzky, Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate the 20th-century graphic design. This issue contains photographs by I Sosfenov and M Tashker. Acceptable condition. Rubbings, staining on the front and back covers. Tears on the spine and margins. Pencil markings on the back cover. Ripped binding. Dust staining on pages throughout the magazine. Water staining on pages 55-65 and on the back cover.