Lissitzky, El (1890-1941). Book cover design

Of: Tairoff, A. Das entfesselte Theater. Aufzeichnungen eines Regisseurs. Potsdam, G. Kiepenheuer, 1927, 2nd ed., (12),112p., frontisp. portrait, 11 plates (3x col.), orig. cloth-backed boards des. by Lissitzky. Contents a bit foxed and yellowed, former owner's entry on first free endpaper. Covers partly foxed/ browned and a bit rubbed, spine browned and cl. over spine splitting at lower joint, some other sm. defects. Lissitzky-Küppers 92; Spencer, Pioniers van de moderne typografie, p. 70.