£600 - £1,200
Constructivist Photomontage Klutsis Spartakiada Motorcycle Racing Cycling . Original photomontage collage study for a Spartakiada sports competition in the style of Gustav Klutsis. This unsigned handmade collage features black and white cut-outs from Soviet 1920s period publicstiond and is themed on cycling and motorcycle racing. Gustav Klutsis produced a series of postcards for Spartakiada sports games in Moscow and these sheets could be a study for postcard design, book illustration or a poster. We acquired the whole set from a private seller in Latvia who purchased them in Germany from a private collection along with some other paintings and sketches from the 1920s-1930s. Based on our expertise, we believe it to be a genuine period original artwork. Good condition, browning on right margin, light red crayon or colour pencil markings on the large motorcycle photo in the bottom left corner. Uneven edge on top with strip of thin paper attached on reverse, small holes and folds on edges. Edges of the paper show signs of gilding. Country of issue: USSR, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 39.8x26.5, year of printing: 1920's. For other avant-garde publications please visit our website https://antikbarbooks.co.uk/
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