79/1710 [Lissitzky, El]. SSSR stroit socializm. USSR baut den Sozialismus (...). Moscow, Izogiz, 1933, XXV,(1),282,(3)p., fold. plate, num. (photogr. and photomontage) ills., lay-out and orig. hcl. by EL LISSITZKY, folio.

- Covers sl. scratched and soiled; lower corners bumped/ sl. dam.

= A report on the USSR's first Five Year Plan and one of the first projects Lissitzky worked on (alongside the propagandist periodical USSR in Construction) after signing a contract with state publishing house Izogis. Lissitzky-Küppers p.96; El Lissitzky, Retrospektive 247; Rowell/ Wye 996; Parr/ Badger, The Photobook I, p.155: "(...) the pace and rhythm of his [Lissitzky's] layouts show both a cinematic influence and a master graphic designer at work (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.