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Mikhail Kudriavtsev
Про квадрат, стихи для детей
About the square, poems for children
Moscow: Triada, 2004
210 x 150 mm. 28 pages
Edition: 1,000
‘‘Whims’ and ‘About a square, poems for
children’ are books with two different kinds of
poetry for which Goppe adapted his designs.
For ‘Whims’ he created 12 pages, including
the title page, with letter print over collages
of pieces of coloured paper or photographs.
For ‘About a square’ Goppe designed 13
naturalistic and colourful illustrations that have
nothing in common with the revolutionary art
of the Russian avant-garde. The difference in
designs between ‘Whims’ and ‘About a square’
could not have been more striking and shows
the enormous flexibility with Goppe creates his
books.
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