Maiakovskii: "Haute couture": Iskusstvo odevat'sia. Katalog materialov iz fondov Gosudarstvennogo muzeiia V. V. Maiakovskogo (Maiakovskii and "Haute couture": the art of dressing. Catalogue of materials from the collections of the State Maiakovskii Museum)
Moscow: Muz Maiakovskogo, 2015. sewn pb. The image Mayakovsky shaped can be inferred from actual articles of clothing, drawings, caricatures, and photographs from the Mayakovsky Museum published in this catalogue. Such articles as ties from prestigious haberdashers in New York, Parisian overcoats, and a posh Russian astrakhan indicate that the revolutionary poet who saw no contradiction representing the workers' state in a ritzy wardrobe. The more general theme of clothing design and style in the early Soviet period is the subject of design drawings by Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, Nadezhda Lamanova, and Lidiya Mayakovskaia. As a student at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Mayakovsky and his circle established futurism in Russia not only as a way of writing and painting, but also a style of life. From these student days to his rise to great writer and prominent artist, Maiakovskii stood out not only for his talent but also for the aura he created. 249 p., 28 cm, approx. 300 color and b/w illus., Rus. Item #1249
ISBN: 9785902087229
Price: $106.00