poetry book

I found out about a poetry book, written by Vladimir Mayerkovsky and illustrated by El Lissitzky called "For the Voice", it isn't necessarily political but does have a similar aesthetic. They had a copy in the Vernon street library but it was an artists book so unfortunately I couldn't take it out or photocopy any pages, but I could take photos:

They had an english and Russian version which was useful as it meant I could understand the illustrations next to the poems

It was a really nice book to look at, the graphic design within it was so innovative, and there is a code at the side of the book so you can flip to particular poems for ease (as it was meant to be a poetry book to be read aloud) so it is very functional, which was the main aim of the constructivists as well as some of the poems being about communism and the revolution. This doesn't really relate to what I'm doing as it isn't overtly political but I think it is a good example of the aesthetic in Russia at that time.