Christie's: 19th and 20th Century Photographs: Lot 108
JOHN HEARTFIELD (1891-1968)
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"John Heartfield," Tretjakov, Sergei, and Telingater, Solomon, Moscow: Ogis, 1936. Monograph, in Russian. 79 pages of reproductions after John Heartfield photomontages, graphic design, book covers and collages. From an edition of 5,000 copies. 4to. Red cloth covered boards with silver lettering and a gelatin silver print of a halftone collage mounted on the cover. Tretyakov, a Russian art critic and writer, was close to Heartfield. He acted as the artist's guide and translator between April 1931 and January 1932 while Heartfield worked, exhibited and taught in the Soviet Union. Included is a reproduction of Rodchenko's portrait of Heartfield.
