Red Field Krasnaya Niva #12 1927

Original vintage Soviet constructivist magazine Red Field Krasnaya Niva, issue number 12, 1927. Biweekly magazine, first published in 1922 by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. The cover features the drawing by R. Frentz "Defenders of the Paris Commune". The issue includes articles about events abroad, such as the arrival of British troops in Shanghai and the events in Hankow that were considered to start the Chinese Civil War; the Paris Commune and the execution of the Communards, members, and supporters of the short-lived 1871 Paris Commune formed in the wake of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War; the anniversary of the death of Dmitry Furmanov, a Russian writer, revolutionary and military officer; elections to the Mossoviet, Moscow City Council, a journey in an aerosani; the art of the USSR at an exhibition Monza Biennial III in Milan; several stories and advertising, accompanied by drawings and photographs by V Bekhteev, Y Annenkov, F Masereel, S Malutin, K Eliseev, Y Pimenov. Published by Glavlit, 24 pages. Poor condition, pages and spine are loose, tears, browning.