La Russie au travail [Russia at Work] Soviet Photo Book 1931 For Sale

Author: GLAESER, Ernst; WEISKOPF, Franz Carl (F. C.)
Title: La Russie au travail [Russia at Work / Der Staat ohne Arbeitslose]

Description:

Paris: Flammarion [Printed in Leipzig by Oscar Brandstetter], 1931. First French edition. vi, 188, [4] pp., profusely illustrated with 265 halftone photographs. Original publisher\'s photo-illustrated paper wrappers. 23.5 × 16 cm. Wrappers heavily age-toned, chipped, and frayed along the edges, with visible surface rubbing, corner creasing, and old clear tape reinforcement along the spine and rear wrapper margins; spine paper mostly worn with tape repairs.

A landmark Soviet propaganda photobook documenting the First Five-Year Plan (Piatiletka), industrialization, agricultural collectivization, and social reform across the USSR. Authored by German socialist writers Ernst Glaeser (1902–1963) and F. C. Weiskopf (1900–1955), this French edition was issued alongside the celebrated German original (Der Staat ohne Arbeitslose, Berlin: Malik-Verlag, 1931). Printed in Leipzig by Oscar Brandstetter utilizing over 5,000 documentary photographs supplied directly by the Ogonyok photo archive in Moscow—encompassing pioneering work by Soviet photojournalists such as Arkady Shaikhet, Max Alpert, and Boris Ignatovich—the volume features 265 dynamic photographs accompanied by trilingual captions in German, English, and French. Visual subjects range from heavy industry, derrick construction, and military gas-warfare exhibits to public health initiatives (including a mothers\' milk collection depot) and political rallies featuring the iconic banner: \"We are liquidating the kulaks as a class.\" A vital document in the history of 1930s social documentary photography and Cold War precursor media.

Seller ID: 1651

Subject: Photography, Propaganda, Soviet (USSR)

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