Lakirovannoe triko (Lacquered Tights)
Ilia Zdanevich
French and Georgian. 1894–1974
1919
A 1919 book by Ilia Zdanevich printed with bold letterpress typographic designs, aiming to turn language into a visual, performative object that disrupts ordinary reading.
The cover confronts you with diagonal, blocky Cyrillic letters and sharp rules that read more like geometric gestures than text, forcing the eye to pause and negotiate meaning as a visual event.
A striking example of Russian avant‑garde typography that treated letters as art, helping to remake book design and influence later experimental poetry and graphic design.
Medium
Book with letterpress typographic designs
Dimensions
page: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8" (20 x 14.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession
123.2001
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