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Innostrannye gosti na vsesoiuznoi sel'skokhoziastvennoi vystavke Foreign Visitors at the USSR Agricultural Exhibition

Innostrannye gosti na vsesoiuznoi sel'skokhoziastvennoi vystavke Foreign Visitors at the USSR Agricultural Exhibition

Varvara Stepanova
Russian, 1894–1958
Varvara Rodchenko
Russian, 1925–2019
1957
An illustrated book cover by Varvara Stepanova that combines a dramatic photograph with bold, geometric typography to present foreign visitors to the USSR Agricultural Exhibition.
A nighttime photograph of ornate fountains fills the left, its arcing streams frozen like white calligraphy against a deep blue panel on the right, where stacked bilingual title blocks create a disciplined, modernist counterpoint.
The work brings Constructivist graphic strategies—photography, stark geometry, and typography—into postwar publishing, shaping the visual language used to present Soviet modernity and cultural diplomacy to international audiences.
Medium
Illustrated book
Dimensions
Page: 11 1/8 x 8 11/16" (28.2 x 22 cm) (each)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession
2553.2001
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