PRODUCTIVE ARTS
FOR SALE

PHOTO BOOKS AND ART PORTFOLIOS FROM THE SOVIET PAVILION AT THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR

TO BE SOLD AS A SINGLE COLLECTION




The USSR Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair operated three bookshops where all manner of Soviet publications, art portfolios, phonograph records and ephemera could be purchased. Offered here is a collection of publications and art portfolios that were available.


PAMPHLET LIBRARY ON THE SOVIET UNION . Pamphlets in slip case covering all aspects of life in the USSR. State Art Publishers. 1939. Pamphlets 5 3/4 x 4 1/4". Heiting pages 462-463 (double page spread).

USSR. An album illustrating the state organization and national economy of the USSR. Scientific Publishing Institute of Pictorial Studies. 1939. 9 1/2 x 13 1/2". Designed by El Lissitzky. Karasik pages 220-223.



SOVIET WOMEN. State Art Publishers. 1939. 10 1/4 x 8". Heiting pages 484-487; Karasik pages 234-237.


KOLKHOZ (The Collective Farm). State Art Publishers. 1939. 10 1/4 x 8". Heiting pages 488-493; Karasik page 229.




SOVIET AVIATION. State Art Publishers. 1939. 15 3/4 x 10 1/4". Heiting pages 470-473; Karasik pages 238-239. Designed by Rodchenko and Stepanova.


USSR. The Red Army and Navy. State Art Publishers. 1939. 15 3/4 x 10 1/4". Heiting pages 474-479; Karasik pages 240-242. Designed by Rodchenko and Stepanova.

LENIN. State Publishing House of Political Literature. 1939. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4". Heiting pages 452-455 (referencing Russian version which has a lesser "quantity of illustration on inset sheets" than this English edition). Designed by Solomon Telingater.



SOVIET PHOTOGRAPHY 1939. State Publishing House for Cinematographical Literature. 1939. 11 1/2 x 9". Heiting pages 498-501; Karasik pages 230-231.


SOVIET ARCTIC. State Art Publishers. 1939. 7 3/4 x 10 1/4". Heiting pages 494-497; Karasik pages 232-233.


USSR (The Soviet Worker). State Art Publishers. 1939. 7 3/4 x 10 1/4". Heiting pages 480-483; Karasik pages 224-225.


A PAGEANT OF YOUTH. State Art Publishers. 1939. 10 1/4 x 8". Heiting pages 466-469; Karasik page 226. Designed by Rodchenko and Stepanova.



SOVIET FILMS 1938-1939. State Publishing House for Cinema Literature. 1939. 11 1/2 x 9". Heiting pages 502-503; Karasik page 228.


MOSCOW. State Art Publishers. 1939. 10 1/4 x 8". Heiting pages 464-465; Karasik page 227. Designed by Rodchenko and Stepanova.




SOVIET FOLK ART. Issued Jointly By The All-Union Committee For Art and The All-Union Central Executive Committee of Trade-Unions. 1939. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4". Cover design by Hannah Sobachko (collective farm artist).




SOVIET PAINTING. State Art Publishers. 1939. Portfolio of 32 Soviet paintings. Full color reproductions of works depicting Soviet life and personalities.



HERMITAGE STATE MUSEUM ALBUM . State Art Publishers. 1939. 14 1/2 x 11". Portfolio of 20 reproductions of works by Michelangelo, da Vinci and other masters of the 15th-18th centuries.



THE PUSHKIN STATE MUSEUM ALBUM. State Art Publishers. 1939. 14 x 11". Portfolio of 20 reproductions of painting, sculpture and glyphic art.



RUSSIAN STATE MUSEUM ALBUM. State Art Publishers. 1939. 14 1/2 x 11". Portfolio of 20 reproductions of 18th and 19th Russian paintings.



TRETYAKOV STATE GALLERY . State Art Publishers. 1939. 14 x 11". Portfolio of 24 reproductions of Russian paintings from the 11th century onward.


MUSEE DE L'ART OCCIDENTAL MODERNE A MOSCOU. (Museum of Modern Western Art in Moscow) . State Art Publishers. 1939. 14 1/2 x 11 1/4". Portfolio of 32 reproductions of modern French art by Cezanne, Monet, Picasso and other masters.

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