The card and badge that reads "ubu' was designed by Eileen Boxer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition was the first complete showing of Lissitzky's work in England. David Elliot contributed a chronological essay on Lisstizky's career, and Lissitzky himself a posthumous autobiography and essays descibing his works. The poster, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge," which is illustrated in the catalogue was loaned by the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven as a letterpress reprinting from 1968. The Sackner Archive holds a copy of this important political print which is thought to be an original print from 1919 and differs in imagery from this reprint. The Sackner Archive also holds Proun 2D listed but not illustrated in the catalogue, For the Voice, USSR in Construction, and the catalogue for the International Press Exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Proun 88," "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge," "Six Tales with Easy Endings," "Wendingen," "Of Two Squares," "For the Voice," "Isms of Art," and "Pressa" are among the works illustrated in this book that are held by the Sackner Archive. The collage, entitled Proun 88, is depicted as plate 32. The watercolor drawing of this image is held by the Sackner Archive. Plate 40 depicts the agitprop poster, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge but this is not the original image; the original image poster is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book was edited by Troels Andersen. There are significant water stains to some of the pages but the text is preserved. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Review of Sackner collection of Russian Avant Garde art at the Lowe Museum, University of Miami. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This listing of first books is accompanied with extensive annotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains section three of the history of Black Mountain College. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

John Bowlt contributes an in-depth essay titled "Russian Exhibitions, 1904 to 1922." The series on Black Mountain College is continued with "Play, Life, Illusion 1924-37," a Spectodrama by Xanti Schawinsky. An excerpt of the experimental novel, Grabinoulor, by Albert-Birot that has been translated into English by Barabara Wright is included as well as a bibliography of several small magazines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cards reproduce covers and pagewges from Russian Avant Garde books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Perhaps the most inclusive exhibition of this period ever mounted. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes reproduction of El Lissitzky's poster, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge" as plate No.124. This poster from Lenin-Bibliothek, Moscow is identical to the one held by the Sackner Archive. The poster was viewed by the Sackners at the exhibition held at the Guggenheim Museum October 1992 and the identity confirmed. The reproduction in the catalog fails to show the two black lines surrounding the image. Another poster purported to be an original at Rosa Esman's gallery had a single line. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a facsimile of the Passover song published in 1919. It also includes the wraparound cover and an introduction to the book's cultural and artistic contexts, descriptions of its imagery and polyglot vocabulary, an English translation of the song from Lissitzky's Yiddish and lyrics set to music. Resouces publishes primary materials held by the Getty Research Institute. the book is edited by Arnold J. Band and Nancy Perloff contributed an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.