Building the Collective Soviet Graphic Design 1917-1937. Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection

Dickerman, Leah (Editor)

NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996. Paperback. Color illustrated glossy wraps. 186 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and bw. As New. Item #101218
ISBN: 9781568980744

Published in association with an exhibition held at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University. Includes a useful bibliography. Features 100 posters and other graphic works created from designs of eminent Russian artists. Also includes artist biographies, notes on the collection, and an essay on how the collection has been built. "Covering the first decades of the Soviet Union, from the Civil War to the end of Stalin's Second Five-Year Plan in the 1930s, the graphic works in Building the Collective provide a remarkable overview of design during one of this century's most politically turbulent and artistically active periods. These designs, from the collection of Merrill C. Berman, challenge assumptions of a monolithic Soviet poster style, conveying the impressive range of graphic design as it responded to a rapidly evolving political situation."