"A Yankee in Petrograd" Vol. 4 Corpse in Three Part Mirror by Jim Dollar (Marietta Saginyan)
Aleksandr Rodchenko
Russian, 1891–1956
1924
A 1924 gravure-printed cover by Aleksandr Rodchenko that uses photomontage and sharp graphic lettering to advertise and agitate for the Soviet-era book, aiming to shock and mobilize the viewer with its modern visual language.
You'd be struck by its clipped, diagonal energy—faces, fragments of architecture and objects collide in stark black against mustard-yellow fields, giving the cover a cinematic, fractured movement that feels urgent and industrial.
The piece crystallizes Rodchenko's role in turning photomontage, bold typography, and constructivist geometry into tools of modern graphic design and political communication, influencing advertising and visual culture worldwide.
Medium
Gravure
Dimensions
7 x 5" (17.9 x 12.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Kenneth Walker Fund
Accession
407.1991.4
Palette
Exhibitions
