Laszlo DORMANDI (1898 - 1967) - Lot 263

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Laszlo DORMANDI (1898 - 1967) - Lot 263
Laszlo DORMANDI (1898 - 1967) RUSSLAND: wie es war - wie es wurde - wie es ist. RUSSIA: as it was - as it has become - comm [sic] elle est. Mock-up project for a book of 450 photographs on Russia and the Soviet Union from the late 19th century to 1930, in German and French. The book comprises 192 numbered pages: 2 blank pages (N° 1 - 2), 1 title page (N°3), 1 dummy title page (N°4), 2 blank preface pages (N°5 - 6), 185 pages of photographs (N° 7 - 191) and 1 very brief photographic credit page (N°192) (Scherl Archiv, Unionbild, Keystone, les Ateliers Photographiques, New York Times ...). In the original German version, 32 photographs are missing, carried over to the French version: 1 on each sheet (N° 7, 25, 34, 35, 57, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 95, 121, 129, 130, 140, 170), 2 on sheet N° 142 and three on sheets N°76 and N°77. On sheet 191 (defective), one photograph is damaged. The French version is complete with photographs, but three leaves are missing (N°1, 2 and 192). The book is divided into three chapters: - "Comme c'était" 126 photographs on 50 leaves (N° 7-56) on all manner of subjects including Russian types, religious life, politicians, the imperial family, the Russo-Japanese war ... - As it has become" 143 photographs on 58 sheets (N°57-114) on the revolution and civil war. - "As it is" 181 photographs on Bolshevik Russia with leaders, diplomats, the Red Army, the arts, propaganda, the five-year plan ... In 1931, this work had been co-written with Alexandre (Sandor) Marai (1900 - 1989), with whom he had co-edited "Seize années d'Histoire" (Flammarion, 1931), for potential publication by his company "Édition Panthéon" in 1932. The project never came to fruition, and L. Dormandi proposed an enlarged version in 1945/1946, deleting the mention of Marai's collaboration, who had remained in Hungary under the Soviet yoke. The original typographer was Albert Kner (1899 - 1976), an illustrator, typographer, printer, designer and artist who emigrated to the USA in 1938. Attached are several typescripts by Dormandi and letters to him concerning the project to publish books of photographs, including this one. 36.5 x 25.5 cm In 1926, Dormandi joined the board of directors of the Pantheon publishing house. In 1938, he left Hungary. This work was finally published in Hungary in 2003. Reference: Tüskés Anna: Dormándi László és a Pantheon Kiadó In: Hites, Sándor; Rózsafalvi, Zsuzsanna; Somorjai, Szabolcs (szerk.) Az irodalom-üzlet: Vállalkozás és kultúra a könyvkiadásban, Budapest, Magyarország: Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum (PIM) (2023) Remarks: - folios Nos. 51, 52 and 53 of the French version correspond respectively to folios Nos. 52, 53 and 51 of the first German version. - the suitcase bears a label by Dormandi with his address [24 place] Dauphine in Paris I and therefore dates from after 1960.
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