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book (design) story #625

clara zetkin:
erinnerungen an lenin

verlag für literatur und politik, wien / berlin, 1925
printer: peuvag, berlin
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: john heartfield (jacket)

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after lenin (1870-1924) died, german socialist politician clara zetkin (1857-1933) published her memories of the revolutionary.

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john heartfield (1891-1968) designed the jacket with large portrait photos of the two and sansserif titles on red.

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zetkin's signature appears also on the red cover.

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the book was was published in johannes wertheim's verlag für literatur und politik, the foreward is dated "mosow, end of january 1925".

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