"A Yankee in Petrograd" Vol. 1 Revenge's Mask by Jim Dollar (Marietta Saginyan)
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Russian, 1891–1956
1924
A 1924 printed gravure book cover by Aleksandr Rodchenko that uses photomontage and jagged typography to assault the eye and advertise the Russian edition of Jim Dollar’s A Yankee in Petrograd.
You’re immediately struck by the aggressive red-and-black diagonals—arrows, a cropped face, a pointing man and fractured figures layered like a visual jolt—creating a tense, theatrical sense of motion and confrontation.
This work exemplifies Constructivist photomontage that merged photography and type into a new, politically charged graphic language, helping to redefine modern book design, propaganda, and commercial typography in the 1920s.
Medium
Gravure
Dimensions
7 x 5" (17.9 x 12.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Kenneth Walker Fund
Accession
407.1991.1
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
