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Lissitzky, El. Wendingen. Year 4, no.11 (H.P. Berlage on Frank Lloyd Wright). [With original constructivist or avant-garde wrappers designed by El Lissitzky]. Amsterdam, De Hooge Brug, (1921), 1st ed., 38 pag., 21 b/w photo-gravure illustrations, original colour lithographed wrappers by EL LISSITZKY, raffiabound as a blockbook, large quarto (33 x 33,43 cm.) = Le Coultre 4 - 11d; Lissitzky-Kuppers 70; Purvis 3-6; Global Avantgarde Netherlands 9. Special issue devoted to the work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright with an introduction and text (in Dutch) by H.P. Berlage and with the famous wrapper design of the cosmos in constructivist style colour lithography by the Russian artist El Lissitzky (1880-1941). The cover-design is considered a landmark in terms of international book design.
One section of the raffia on frontwrapper lacking.; paper over spine rubbed and spine-ends worn; upper corner frontwrapper creased and small tear in centre top margin (1 cm.); traces of handling/ minimal soiling. Fine copy.
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